Dimanche : le ciel est beau; Jetons aux carpes la croûte Et trempons du fil dans l'eau ; Est-ce que la vie est si courte ? Plus certes s'en moque le fou, Que cette truite qui m'écoute, Plus certes s'en moque le fou, Mais vous ?
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "La Truite", appears in Poèmes du Brugnon, no. 16, Paris, Bibliothèque du Hérisson, éd. Edgar Malfère, first published 1932 [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 Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "La Truite", 1934, from Chansons villageoises, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georges Elbert Migot (1891 - 1976), "La Truite", 1933, published 1934, first performed 1934 [ high voice and piano ], from Les Poèmes du Brugnon, no. 6, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
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