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by J. F. Romainville

Le jeune folle
Language: French (Français) 
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Sous ce gazon mon fils someille,
vous qui passez, parlez plus bas !
Je crains toujours qu'il ne s'eveille,
il veut du pain je n'en ai pas ;
ah par pitié, parlez plus bas !

Si vous saviez que ma peine est amère,
hier encore il me disait :
« J'ai faim, j'ai faim, maman ! » Et moi qui suis sa mère,
concevez-vous, je n'avais pas de pain.
Sous ce gazon etc.

A l'horison le soleil se déploie,
heureusement depuis hier il dors.
Dort, cher enfant, ton repos pait ma joie,
c'etait, hélas ! le repos de la mort.
Sous ce gazon etc.

Text Authorship:

  • by J. F. Romainville  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Jean Simon Eykens (1812 - 1891), "Le jeune folle", also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Daniel Anton (1801 - 1853) ; composed by Jean Simon Eykens.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-30
Line count: 15
Word count: 98

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