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Heureux qui meurt ici, Ainsi que les oiseaux des champs! Son corps, près des amis, Est mis dans l'herbe et dans les chants. Il dort d'un bon sommeil vermeil, Sous le ciel radieux. Tous ceux qu'il a connus, venus, Lui font de longs adieux. À sa croix les parents pleurants, Restent a genouillés, Et ses os, sous les fleurs, de pleurs Sont doucement mouillés Chacun sur le bois noir, Peut voir s'il était jeune ou non, Et peut, avec de vrais regrets. L'appeler par son nom, Combien plus malchanceux Sont ceux qui meurent à la mé, Et sous le flot profond S'en vont loin du pays aimé! Ah! pauvres! qui pour seul linceuls Ont les goëmons verts, Où l'on roule inconnu, tout nu, Et les yeux grands ouverts!
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Au cimetière", written 1886, appears in La Mer, in 5. Les gas, no. 3, Paris, Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1886 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Au cimetière", op. 51 no. 2 (1888), published 1888 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by André Fijan (1869 - 1959), "Au Cimetière", published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Michiels (1861 - 1911), "Au cimetière", published [1895] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Paul Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Sommeil vermeil" [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies choisies, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Auf dem Friedhof", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "El cementerio", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 128
¡Dichoso quien aquí muere como las aves del campo! Su cuerpo en la hierba yace Y los amigos le lloran. Bajo este cielo radiante Su sueño es largo y sereno. Cuantos le conocieron vinieron Y se despiden largamente. Junto a la cruz, orando, Quedan arrodillados los parientes; Sus huesos bajo las flores Reciben el rocío del llanto. En la negra madera, cualquiera Puede ver si era joven o no lo era Y llamarle por su nombre Con sincera pesadumbre. ¡Cuánto más desdichados Los que, muertos en el mar, Con las aguas profundas se van Lejos del país amado! ¡Infelices! Por sudario tienen Las marañas de algas verdes Que los llevan, anónimos y desnudos, Con los ojos siempre abiertos.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2004 by Alfredo García, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Au cimetière", written 1886, appears in La Mer, in 5. Les gas, no. 3, Paris, Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1886
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 118