La chanson du fou (Hugo, set by G. Bizet, C. Chaminade) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Au soleil couchant,
Toi qui vas cherchant
Fortune, 
Prends garde de choir;
La terre, le soir,
Est brune.
L'océan trompeur
Couvre de vapeur
La dune.
Vois, à l'horizon,
Aucune maison 
Aucune!

Maint voleur te suit,
La chose est, la nuit,
Commune.
Les dames des bois
Nous gardent parfois
Rancune.
Elles vont errer:
Crains d'en rencontrer
Quelqu'une.
Les lutins de l'air
Vont danser au clair
De lune.

Authorship

Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885)

Odes et Ballades

Ballades - 1823-1828

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

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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