by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Le nègre mineur de l'azur
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Le nègre mineur de l'azur que jamais pleuvoir ne mouille pâlit courbé dans la houille bleue et brute du soleil dur Case de l'oncle Tom, les rampes et les herses du théâtre jadis me firent voyager Loin de notre jardin de banlieue où l'averse fait fleurir l'Arcenciel aux couleurs sans danger.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), no title, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, in Températures, no. 2, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920 [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 Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Le nègre", H. 51 no. 1 (1920), published 1924, from Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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