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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Le passant
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ma belle cousine, je pars en voyage 
Et je passe près de votre maison ; 
Je m'en vais à Rouen et puis au Havre 
  Si le temps est bon. 

Le soleil se lève sur la grand'route 
Et le matin descend dans le vallon ; 
Mais vous dormez encor sans doute, 
Votre blanc bonnet sur vos cheveux blonds. 

Dormez : la bise pique comme en hiver 
Et je ne veux pas vous éveiller si tôt 
Pour trinquer au son clair des verres 
En buvant trois doigts de bon vieux bordeaux. 

Je m'en vais voir la ville aux vingt églises 
Dont les mille clochetons grêles 
Effilent leur dentelle de pierre grise 
Dans le ciel parmi les tours et les tourelles. 

Mais vous, dormez : le soir au retour j'entrerai 
Si je vois de la lumière aux fenêtres 
Causer un peu, cousine, et vous me sourirez 
    Peut-être...

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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Le Valet de cœur, Poèmes, deuxième édition, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1908, pages 169-170.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Le passant", written 1899-1902, appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in 6. Le valet de cœur, no. 5, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1908 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Le passant", published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons du valet de cœur, no. 4, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The passerby", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 140

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