by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Papillons noirs
Language: French (Français)
De sinistres papillons noirs Du soleil ont éteint la gloire, Et l'horizon semble un grimoire Barbouillé d'encre tous les soirs. Il sort d'occultes encensoirs Un parfum troublant la mémoire; De sinistres papillons noirs Du soleil ont éteint la gloire. Des monstres aux gluants suçoirs Recherchent du sang pour le boire, Et du ciel, en poussière noire, Descendent sur nos désespoirs. De sinistres papillons noirs.
Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Papillons noirs", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , "Nacht", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Otto Vrieslander.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
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Word count: 64