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by Henry J.-M. Levet (1874 - 1906)

Republique Argentine ‑‑ La Plata
Language: French (Français) 
                     A Ruben Dario

Ni les attraits des plus aimables Argentines,
Ni les courses à cheval dans la pampa,
N'ont le pouvoir de distraire de son spleen
Le Consul general de France à la Plata!

On raconte tout bas l'histoire du pauvre homme:
Sa vie fut traversée d'un fatal amour,
Et il prit la funeste manie de l'opium;
Il occupait alors le poste à Singapoore...

-- Il aime à galloper par nos plaines amères,
Il jalouse la vie sauvage du gaucho,
Puis il retourne vers son palais consulaire,
Et sa tristresse le drape comme un poncho...

Il ne s'aperçoit pas, je n'en suis que trop sûr,
Que Lolita Valdez le regarde en souriant,
Malgré sa tempe qui grisonne, et sa figure
Ravagée par les fièvres d'Extrême-Orient...

Text Authorship:

  • by Henry J.-M. Levet (1874 - 1906), "Republique Argentine -- La Plata", appears in Cartes postales, first published 1902 [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 Rudolf Escher (1912 - 1980), "Republique Argentine -- La Plata", op. 21 no. 3 (1951), rev. 1961, from Nostalgies, no. 3. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-08
Line count: 17
Word count: 125

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