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by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947)

La petite princesse
Language: French (Français) 
La petite princesse 
Guette
En son verger
Le pronostic du train 
(S'il vient 
De l'Étranger.)

Duquel train rogue sautera le cavalier
Frugal 
Qui sait souffrir,
Mourir 
Ou consoler.

Guidera son cheval
[Boire à]1 la source blanche.
C'est une espèce d'aile
Frêle
Et puis... tremblante.

Les fleurs, cet âge est sans pitié
Diront qu'il est 
Emprunté
Comme un petit tambour en congé.

Il parlera très fort,
Il cueillera des fleurs
Qui meurent, sans douleur,
Et la princesse petite sœur
Prendra peur.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Schmitt 

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Confirmed with Léon-Paul Fargue, Tancrède, Paris, 1911, pages 45-46.

1 Schmitt: "Près de"

Text Authorship:

  • by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947), "Ronde", appears in Poèmes, in Tancrède, in 5. Lieds où l'on sourit pour ne pas pleurer, no. 7, Éd. N.R.F. Gallimard, Paris, first published 1911 [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 Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "La petite princesse", op. 115 no. 2 (1946-9), published 1957 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre Monocantes, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2013-10-01
Line count: 25
Word count: 81

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