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by Gustave Kahn (1859 - 1936)

Tant que l'enfant me préféra
Language: French (Français) 
Tant que l'enfant me préféra 
tel joueur de flûte 
ou chanteur à la cithare
ou sonneur de cymbales au bal 
peu m'importa
qu'elle aimât tel joueur de flûte 
ou gratteur de cithare

Au carrefour, je suis tombé frappé
frappé d'un coup d'épée.
De qui? joueur de flûte ou gratteur de cithare?

Que la nuit est longue pour mourir si tard.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gustave Kahn (1859 - 1936), no title, from Chansons d'amant, first published 1891 [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 Charles Martin Tornov Loeffler (1861 - 1935), "Boléro triste" [ violin, piano, and voice ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-07
Line count: 11
Word count: 60

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