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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Tristesse des choses
Language: French (Français) 
La pierre était triste, en songeant au chêne
Qui libre et puissant croît au grand soleil,
[Du haut des rochers regarde la plaine]1,
[Et]2 frissonne et rit [quand l'air]3 est vermeil.

Le chêne était triste, en songeant aux bêtes
Qu'il voyait courir sous l'ombre des bois,
Aux cerfs bondissants [et dressant]4 leurs têtes,
Et [jetant]5 au ciel des éclats de voix.

La bête était triste, en songeant aux ailes
De l'aigle qui monte à travers le bleu
Boire la lumière à pleine prunelles...
Et l'homme était triste, en songeant à Dieu !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Cui 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Cui: "Lutte avec les vents que l'hiver déchaîne"
2 Cui: "Puis"
3 Cui: "sous l'été"
4 Cui: "qui dressaient"
5 Cui: "jetaient"

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Tristesse des choses", written 1868, appears in L'Illusion, in 4. Heures sombres, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1868 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Tristesse des choses", op. 54 (Cinq mélodies) no. 1, published 1890, Leipzig, Édition M.P. Bélaïeff [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 97

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