by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)
La caravane humaine au Sahara du monde
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
La caravane humaine au Sahara du monde, Par ce chemin des ans qui n'a [pas]1 de retour, S'en va traînant le pied, brùlée aux feux du jour, Et buvant sur ses bras la sueur qui l'inonde. Le grand lion rugit et la tempète gronde: À l'horizon fuyard, ni minaret, ni tour; La seule ombre qu'on ait, c'est l'ombre du vautour, Qui traverse le ciel, cherchant sa proie immonde. L'on avance toujours, et voici que l'on voit Quelque chose de vert que l'on se montre au doigt: C'est un bois de cyprès, semé de blanches pierres. Dieu, pour vous reposer, dans le désert du temps, Comme des oasis a mis les cimetières: Couchez-vous et dormez, voyageurs haletants!
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Text Authorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "La caravane", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Bovet (1879 - 1951), "La caravane", published 1929 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Paris, Rouart, Lerolle et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857 - 1934), "La caravane", 1932, copyright © 1933 [ high voice and piano ], from Plein Air, dix poèmes [de Théophile Gautier], no. 6, Paris, Éditions "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "La caravane", op. 14 (1887), published c1890 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], Paris, J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Charles Gustave) Alban Cocural Dorcy (1856 - 1931), "La Caravane humaine", published 1890, copyright © 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 2, Paris, V. Durdilly [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alphonse Duvernoy (1842 - 1907), "La caravane humaine", op. 7 no. 2 (1871), published 1872 [ baritone and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 2, Paris, G. Hartmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Tournier (1923 - 2010), "La caravane", op. 26 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludovic de Vaux, Baron (b. 1845), "La caravane", op. 27, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Émile Chatot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anselm Vinée (1847 - 1921), "La caravane" [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Gyula Vargha) , "A karaván"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 116