by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944)
Exhortation
Language: French (Français)
Vous, si beaux, qui passez! vous si bons qui m'aimez! vous si grands qu'on admire! Je pleure à vous. Oh! oui! mes yeux se rempliront de larmes et quand vous aurez passé, mes larmes ne cesseront pas car je sais vers quel trous vous marchez! je connais, mieux que personne, celui qui vous guette au détour!
Text Authorship:
- by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), appears in Visions infernales, first published 1924 [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 Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), "Exhortation", 1948, published 1950 [low voice and piano], from Visions infernales, no. 6, Éd. Heugel [ sung text verified 1 time]
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Word count: 56