L'adieu du cavalier (Apollinaire, set by G. Tailleferre) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ah Dieu! que la guerre est jolie 
Avec ses chants ses longs loisirs 
Cette bague je l'ai polie 
Le vent se mêle à vos soupirs 

Adieu! voici le boute-selle 
Il disparut dans un tournant 
Et mourut là-bas tandis qu'elle 
Riait au destin surprenant

Authorship

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) [pseudonym]

Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre

Lueurs des tirs

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

Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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