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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895)

Celui qui est
Language: French (Français) 
Dans le vent se perdent les ailes, 
Les sons de lyre dans le bruit, 
Dans le brasier les étincelles, 
Nos rêves à tous dans la nuit. 

Le monde est une souricière 
Où le plaisir mène au remord, 
Où l'amour mène à la poussière, 
Où l'action mène à la mort. 

Et le temps roule, cercle énorme, 
Autour d'un immobile essieu. 
Et rien ne change que la forme. 
Et rien ne demeure que Dieu.

Confirmed with Les nuits persanes par Armand Renaud, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1870, pages 165-166.


Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Celui qui est", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 9. La mosquée, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870 [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 Youssef Khan Nazare-Aga, dit Kyna (1870 - 1942), "Celui qui est", published 1906 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les nuits persanes, no. 9, Paris, Éd. E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

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