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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

Démocratie
Language: French (Français) 
   «Le drapeau va au paysage immonde, et notre patois étouffe le
tambour.

   Aux centres nous alimenterons la plus cynique prostitution. Nous
massacrerons les révoltes logiques.

   Aux pays poivrés et détrempés!-- au service des plus monstrueuses
exploitations industrielles ou militaires.

   Au revoir ici, n'importe où. Conscrits du bon vouloir, nous aurons
la philosophie féroce; ignorants pour la science, roués pour le
confort; la crevaison pour le monde qui va. C'est la vraie
marche. En avant, route!»

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Démocratie", appears in Les Illuminations [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 Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Démocratie", 1999-2000 [ men's chorus (8 voices) and four horns ], from Illuminations, no. 2, Éditions Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 76

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