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by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud

Absinthe
Language: French (Français) 
Dans une immense mer d’absinthe,
Je découvre des pays soûls,
Aux ciels capricieux et fous
Comme un désir de femme enceinte.

La capiteuse vague tinte
Des rythmes verdâtres et doux :
Dans une immense mer d’absinthe,
Je découvre des pays soûls.

Mais soudain ma barque est étreinte
Par des poulpes visqueux et mous :
Au milieu d’un gluant remous
Je disparais, sans une plainte,
Dans une immense mer d’absinthe.

Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898,p.119


Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Absinthe", appears in Pierrot lunaire [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 Ying Wang (b. 1976), "Absinthe", 2010, first performed 2010 [ soprano, alto and instrumental ensemble ], from Pie-R-Rot, no. 1
        Score: Pie-R-Rot [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-26
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