Les amis

Viens, les vins vont aux plages,
Et les flots par millions!
Vois le Bitter suavage
Rouler du haut des monts!

Gagnons, pèlerins sages,
L'absinthe aux verts piliers...

MOI:
Plus ces paysages.
Qu'est l'ivresse, Amis?

J'aime autant, mieux, même,
Pourrir dans l'étang,
Sous l'affreuse crème,
Près des bois flottants.

by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)

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

by Hans Krása (1899-1944) , "Les amis", 1943 [baritone, clarinet, viola, and violoncello], from 3 Lieder, no. 3, note: also set in Czech

by Hans Krása (1899-1944) , "Přátelé", 1943 [baritone, clarinet, viola, and violoncello], from Tři písně, no. 3, note: also set in French

Date added to the website: 2007-06-04.

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Přátelé

Pojď, víno už se valí, 
a stéká za obzor!
Hle, kořalka se pálí,
řítíc se v proudech z hor!

My poutníkové malí,
bychom tam putovali.
Kořalka rozum kalí,
nechoďte, přátelé!

Raději zhynu v louži,
v páchnoucím močálu,
kde utopenci krouží
okolo brčálu.

by Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958)

a text in French by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)

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

by Hans Krása (1899-1944) , "Přátelé", 1943 [baritone, clarinet, viola, and violoncello], from Tři písně, no. 3, note: also set in French

Date added to the website: 2007-06-04.