Pierrot

Le bon Pierrot, que la foule contemple,
Ayant fini les noces d'Arlequin,
Suit en songeant le boulevard du Temple.
Une fillette au souple casaquin
En vain l'agace de son oeil coquin;
Et cependant mystérieuse et lisse
Faisant de lui sa plus chère délice,
La blanche lune aux cornes de taureau
Jette un regard de son oeil en coulisse
À son ami Jean Gaspard Deburau.

by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891) , "Pierrot", from Les cariatides, in Les Caprices - en dizains à la manière de Clément Marot, published 1842

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

by Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) , "Pierrot"
by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) , "Pierrot", FP. 66.

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann)
CHI Chinese (Yen-Chiang Che)

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