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by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair

Au bord de la route
Language: French (Français) 
Cet homme ne voulait plus vivre
Voyons de quoi vous mêlez vous?
Monsieur, madame, en vérité,
Cet homme en avait assez.

Son cœur était comme une pierre
Mais si quelqu'un l'avait ouvert
Peut-être dans ce cœur d'amant
Aurait-il vu le diamante.

Mais la pierre était si pesante
Qu'il s'est couché sur le chemin
En serrant sur elle ses mains
Et il est mort de son attente.

Cet homme en avait assez
Avec lui le joyau mourra
Monsieur, madame, il se fait tard,
Un signe de croix et passez.

Text Authorship:

  • by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair, "Au bord de la route", written 1904, appears in Le Sang parle, in 3. Lieds, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Maison du Livre, first published 1904 [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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Au bord de la route", published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], Éditions Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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