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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Un soldat au dur visage
Language: French (Français) 
Un soldat au dur visage,
Une nuit, arrête un page,
Un page à l’œil de lutin.
— Beau page ! beau page ! alerte !
Où courez-vous si matin.
Lorsque la rue est déserte,
En justaucorps de satin ?

— Bon soldat, sous ma simarre,
Je porte épée et guitare ;
Et je vais au rendez-vous.
Je fléchis mainte rebelle,
Et je nargue maint jaloux.
Ma guitare est pour la belle,
Ma rapière est pour l’époux.

Mais la noire sentinelle,
Roulant sa sombre prunelle,
Répond du haut de la tour :
— Beau page, on ne te croit guère.
Qui t’éveille avant le jour ?
C’est un rendez-vous de guerre
Plus qu’un rendez-vous d’amour.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Cromwell, Act I, Scene 2, first published 1827 [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 Marcel Delannoy (1898 - 1962), "Chanson de Rochester", published 1935 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux airs pour Cromwell de Victor Hugo, no. 2, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel', Heugel et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-29
Line count: 21
Word count: 107

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