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by Tristan Corbière (1845 - 1875)

Rondel
Language: French (Français) 
Il fait noir, enfant, voleur d'étincelles!
Il n'est plus de nuits, il n'est plus de jours;
Dors ... en attendant venir toutes celles
Qui disaient: Jamais! Qui disaient: Toujours!
Entends-tu leurs pas?... Ils ne sont pas lourds:
Oh! les pieds légers! ... l'Amour a des ailes....
Il fait noir, enfant, voleur d'étincelles!
Entends-tu leurs voix?... Les caveaux sont sourds.
Dors: Il pèse peu, ton faix d'immortelles:
Ils ne viendront pas, tes amis les ours,
Jeter leur pavé sur tes demoiselles....
Il fait noir, enfant, voleur d'étincelles!

Text Authorship:

  • by Tristan Corbière (1845 - 1875), "Rondel", appears in Les amours jaunes, in Rondels pour après, first published 1873 [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 Thierry Escaich (b. 1965), "Rondel", 2008?, published 2012 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra or piano ], from Les Nuits hallucinées, no. 2, Éditions Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Escher (1912 - 1980), "Rondel", 1936, published 1991 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Tristan Corbière, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 84

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