"La nuit, tous les chagrins se grisent... De tout son cœur, on aimerait que disparaissent à jamais les papillons noirs." (At night, all sorrows get drunk... With all one's heart, we'd love for the black butterflies to disappear forever.) 3. Literary Origins: Pierrot Lunaire
One of the most poetic "texts" on this topic is the song written by for Michèle Arnaud in 1966. Les papillons noirs
It describes "sinister black butterflies" that have blotted out the sun and descended from the sky to feast on human souls, representing a deep, suffocating depression. 4. Contemporary Children's Literature "La nuit, tous les chagrins se grisent