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by Tristan Corbière (1845 - 1875)

Le crapaud
Language: French (Français) 
Un chant dans une nuit sans air...
La lune plaque en métal clair
Les découpures du vert sombre.

...Un chant ; comme un écho, tout vif,
Enterré, là, sous le massif...
-- Ça se tait : Viens, c'est là, dans l'ombre...

-- Un crapaud ! -- Pourquoi cette peur,
Près de moi, ton soldat fidèle !
Vois-le, poète tondu, sans aile,
Rossignol de la boue... -- Horreur ! --

...Il chante. -- Horreur !! -- Horreur pourquoi ?
Vois-tu pas son œil de lumière...
Non : il s'en va, froid, sous sa pierre.
.....................................................................
Bonsoir -- ce crapaud-là c'est moi.

Text Authorship:

  • by Tristan Corbière (1845 - 1875) [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 Pierre Chépélov (b. 1979), "Le crapaud", 2004 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 83

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