Je suis dans le filet Sans aucune espérance, Le ciel devient immense Mais, c'est pour m'étouffer. Qu'ai-je fait à la nuit Qui de son poids m'oppresse, N'es-tu plus rien, Jeunesse, Qu'on te bafoue ainsi? Étoiles, au secours De mon secret amour, Lune, ouvre-moi la porte, Ou je suis une morte.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Je suis dans le filet", op. 151b no. 3 (1936), published 1954 [ soprano and piano ], from Six chansons de théâtre, no. 3, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "I am caught in the net", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-22
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