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Celui qui ci maintenant dort Fit plus de pitié que d'envie, Et souffrit mille fois la mort Avant que de perdre la vie. Passant, ne fais ici de bruit, Prends garde qu'aucun ne l'éveille; Car voici la première nuit Que le pauvre Scarron sommeille.
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Authorship
- by Paul Scarron (1610 - 1660) [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 René Camille Henri Berthelot (1903 - 1999), "Epitaphe de Scarron", published 1968 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq poésies du grand siècle, no. 1, Nice, Éd. Georges Delrieu [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), "...du pauvre Scarron, par lui-même", op. 73 no. 4 (1936), from Cinq épitaphes, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Pierre Cao) , "...of poor Scarron, by himself", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Pierre Cao
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 44
The one that here now sleeps Aroused more pity than desire, And suffered thousand times death Before to lose life. Passer by, do not make here any noise, Take care no one wakens him; Because this is the first night That poor Scarron rests.
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Scarron (1610 - 1660)
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 44