Les feux du bivouac illuminent le ciel. La neige alourdit Les étandards glacés. Les cavaliers galopent dans la campagne. Sioa ! Siao ! Siao ! Le géneral en chef a recu la tablette d'ivoire et pris congé de l'Empereur. Voici rêvent le temps oú le moindre guerrier est plus consideré qu'un illustre lettré. Voici revenu le temps oú les mères et les éspouses s'endorment, chanque soir, le visage tourné vers l'Est ! Les feux de bivouac illuminent le ciel.
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Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955) [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 Manuel M. Ponce (1883 - 1948), "La calamité", 1932, first performed 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Cinco poemas chinos, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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