Le Nègre (Cocteau, set by A. Honegger) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Le nègre mineur de l'azur
que jamais pleuvoir ne mouille
pâlit courbé dans la houille
bleue et brute du soleil dur

Case de l'oncle Tom, les rampes et les herses
du théâtre jadis me firent voyager 
Loin de notre jardin de banlieue où l'averse
fait fleurir l'Arcenciel aux couleurs sans danger.

Authorship

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

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

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)

Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau

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