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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Minuit résonne au beffroi sombre;
Language: French (Français) 
Minuit résonne au beffroi sombre;
Débauchés, voleurs et hiboux,
Peuple furtif qu'éveille l'ombre,
Joyeusement quittent leurs trous.

On voit courir aux aventures
Les gentilhommes de la nuit ;
Les bourgeois, sous leurs couvertures,
Se blotissent, tremblant au bruit.

Ce sont des duels sous les lanternes,
Des cris de ribaudes qu'on bat,
Des pots cassés dans les tavernes,
Et des chants, échos du sabbat.

...Tout se tait. -- La patrouille passe,
Rythmant son pas sur le pavé.
Le noir essaim fuit dans l'espace...
Le matin honnête est levé !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Les Rôdeurs de nuit", written 1864, appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies nouvelles, inédites et posthumes 1831-1872 [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 Frédéric Kalkbrenner (1785 - 1849), "Les Rôdeurs de nuit", published 1865 [ piano alone ], the poem is printed in the score [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustave Kéfer (b. 1855), "Les rôdeurs de nuit" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jules-Ernest Georges Mouquet (1867 - 1946), "Ronde de nuit", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jeff Smallman (b. 1965), "Les rôdeurs de nuit", 2003, published 2003 [ soprano and piano ], from Tableaux éternels, no. 3, Hensall, Ontario (Canada), Lighthouse Music Publications [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-04-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

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