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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Petites litanies de Jésus
Language: French (Français) 
Jésus des anges et des Maries, 
Petite image peinte de bois, 
En robe d'étoiles fleurie, 
    Souriez-moi. 

  Jésus, ma pauvre âme s'effraie 
Comme un agneau divin qui broute au bois 
  Les épines des roseraies : 
    Souriez-moi. 

Jésus qui avez eu le doux malheur 
De la couronne de ronces des bois 
Après la couronne adorable de fleurs, 
    Souriez-moi. 

Jésus, mon cœur est misérable 
Comme un meurtrier qui rôde au bois 
Avec le couteau ou le bâton d'érable : 
    Souriez-moi. 

  Jésus des carrefours et des chemins, 
Pendu comme un oiseau morj aux croix de bois, 
  Avec les roses des clous aux mains, 
  Jésus des gueux et des rois, 
    Souriez-moi. 

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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Le Valet de cœur, Poèmes, deuxième édition, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1908, pages 107-108.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Petites litanies de Jésus", written 1900-1903, appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in 3. L'almanach aux images, no. 10, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1908 [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 Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Petites litanies de Jésus", 1896, first performed 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Daniel Ruyneman (1886 - 1963), "Petites litanies de Jésus", 1960, from Cinq mélodies, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-06
Line count: 21
Word count: 105

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