La mort passe

Toute seule, silencieuse,
Les yeux éteints, par le pâle chemin,
La mort passe et s'en va.

Ses cheveux pleurent au vent
Et sa main entrouverte
Laisse tomber des pavots sur ses pas.
La mort passe et s'en va.

by Arshak Chopanyan (1872-1954)

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) , "La mort passe", H. 7 no. 4 (1916), from Quatre poèmes, no. 4.

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