Ame, pauvre âme, chair encore vorace sous le tourment oblique... Homme, morne univers, tu crois élargir ton domaine et sans cesse tes mains ne produisent que bornes.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stefano Gervasoni (b. 1962), "Hymne à la pitié", 1994, first performed 1994 [ voice, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello ], from Due poesie francesi d'Ungaretti, no. 2, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
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