Chien

      Chien chaud,
Tout entier dans la voix, dans les gestes
      De ton maître,
Prends la vie comme le vent,
      Avec ton nez.

   Reste tranquille.

by Paul Éluard (1895-1952) , "Chien", from Les Animaux et leurs hommes, les hommes et leurs animaux, in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, no. 8, published 1920

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

by Henri Sauguet (1901-1989) [pseudonym] , "Chien", 1921, from Les animaux et leurs hommes, no. 4.

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