Qu'il faut boire

La noire terre boit la pluie, 
et les arbres boivent la terre,
et Hèlios boit la mer,
et Sélèné boit Hèlios.

Pourquoi donc, mes amis, 
me défendez-vous de boire ?

by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894)

a text in Greek by Anacreon (c582BCE-c485BCE) , no title, from Odes, no. 19 [text unavailable] GER

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

by Albert Roussel (1869-1937) , "Qu'il faut boire", op. 31 no. 2 (1926), first performed 1927. [medium voice and piano]

by Josef Antonín Štěpán (1726-1797) , "Die schwarze Erde trinket", published 1778-9.

Date added to the website: 2009-02-08.

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