Où vivre? Dans quelle ombre

Où vivre? Dans quelle ombre
Étouffer mon ennui?
Ma tristesse est plus sombre
Que la nuit.

Où mourir? Sous quelle onde
Noyer mon deuil amer?
Ma peine est plus profonde
Que la mer.

Où fuir? De quelle sorte
Égorger mon remord?
Ma douleur est plus forte
Que la mort!

by Jean Richepin (1849-1926)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) , "Où vivre?", op. 44 (Vingt Poemes de Jean Richepin) no. 6, from Les caresses, no. 2.
by Louis Vierne (1870-1937) , "Angoisse", op. 48, Heft 4 (Nivôse) no. 3, published 1924, from Le poème de l'amour, no. 14.

by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) , "Gde zhit'?", op. 22 no. 7.

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