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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Les pauvres morts
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Amants, parés d'or et de soie,
Vous dont la mort a fait sa proie,
Bouches en fleurs, tendres bras nus,
Qu'êtes-vous, hélas ! devenus,
Beaux corps vêtus d'or et de soie ?

Sous la terre gisent les morts :
Nous dansons sur leurs pauvres corps,
Que dans leurs tombes l'on oublie.
Tout n'est que mystère et folie !...
Pourquoi les vivants et les morts ?

Confirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, troisième édition, revue et augmentée, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur, 1893, p. 58.


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Les pauvres morts", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Camille Andrès (1864 - 1904), "Les pauvres morts", published [1903] [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Paris, Éd. E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Poor Dead", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 10
Word count: 60

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