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by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)

Le ver luisant
Language: French (Français) 
Ver luisant tu luis à minuit,
Tu t’allumes sous les étoiles
Et, quand tout dort, tu t’introduis
Dans la lune et ronge sa moelle.

La lune, nid des vers luisants,
Dans le ciel continue sa route.
Elle sème sur les enfants,
Sur tous les beaux enfants dormant,
Rêve sur rêve, goutte à goutte.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "Le ver luisant", appears in Pour les Enfants Sages, in Chantefables, no. 30, first published 1944 [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 Roger Albin (1920 - 2001), "Le ver luisant", 1969?, published 1969 [ soprano and piano or small orchestra ], from Chantefables pour les enfants sages, no. 6, Éd. du Rideau Rouge (R 497 RC) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Barraud (1900 - 1997), "Le ver luisant", op. 36 no. 4 (1945) [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit chantefables pour les enfants sages, no. 4, Éd. Françaises de Musique-Sofirad [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 53

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