Que lentement passent heures

Que lentement passent heures 
Comme passe un enterrement

Tu pleureras l'heure où tu pleures 
Qui passera trop vitement
Comme passent toutes les heures.

by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) [pseudonym] , no title, from Alcools, in À la Santé, no. 5, published 1913

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

by Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) , "À la "Santé"", H. 12 no. 1 (1916), from Six Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, no. 1.
by Guy Sacre (1948-) , "Les heures", 1977, from 5 Poèmes d'Apollinaire, no. 4.

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