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Five French Ballads by Paul Fort
Translations © by Laura Prichard
Song Cycle by André Caplet (1879 - 1925)
View original-language texts alone: Cinq ballades françaises de Paul Fort
Ce petit air de cloche, errant dans le matin, a rajeuni mon coeur à la pointe du jour. Ce petit air de cloche, au coeur frais du matin, léger, proche et lointain, a changé mon destin. Quoi! vais-je après cette heure survivre à mon bonheur, ô petit air de cloche qui rajeunis mon coeur? Si lointain, monotone et perdu, si perdu, petit air, petit air au coeur frais de la nue, tu t'en vas, reviens, sonnes: errant comme l'amour, tu trembles sur mon coeur à la pointe du jour. Quoi! la vie pourrait être monotone et champêtre et douce et comme est, proche, ce petit air de cloche? Douce et simple et lointaine aussi, comme est lointain ce petit air qui tremble au coeur frais du matin?
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- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Cloche d'aube", written 1913, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 5. Chansons pour me consoler d'être heureux, in 4. Complaintes et dits, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Eugène Figuière, first published 1913
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This little peal of bells, floating through the morning [air], has rejuvenated my heart at the break of day. This little peal of bells, in the fresh heart of the morning, [ringing] lightly, near and far, has changed my destiny. What! Am I, after [living through] this moment, to survive my happiness, oh little peal of bells which rejuvenates my heart? So far away, monotonous and lost, so lost, little tune, little melody in the fresh heart of the sky, You take your leave, return, ring: wandering like love, you tremble on my heart at the break of day. What! Could Life be monotonous and pastoral and sweet, just like this little peal of bells? Gentle and simple and also distant, just as distant as this little tune which trembles in the fresh heart of the morning?
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Cloche d'aube", written 1913, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 5. Chansons pour me consoler d'être heureux, in 4. Complaintes et dits, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Eugène Figuière, first published 1913
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Si toutes les filles du monde voulaient s'donner la main, tout autour de la mer elles pourraient faire une ronde. Si tous les gars du monde voulaient bien êtr' marins, ils f'raient avec leurs barques un joli pont sur l'onde. Alors on pourrait faire une ronde autour du monde, si tous les gens du monde voulaient s'donner la main.
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- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "La ronde autour du monde", written 1895, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La ronde autour du monde, in 1. Chansons, no. 1, Éd. Flammarion, first published 1895
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If all the girls in the world would join hands, all the way around the sea, they could make a ring. If all the boys in the world would like to be sailors, they could make with their ships a pretty bridge over the waves. Then one could make a ring around the world, if all the people of the world would join hands.
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "La ronde autour du monde", written 1895, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La ronde autour du monde, in 1. Chansons, no. 1, Éd. Flammarion, first published 1895
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Translation of title "La ronde" = "The ring"This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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Word count: 64
Chaumière, vos parures sont marguerites, roses: à vos pieds ces blancheurs, et sur vous ces couleurs. Chaumière, la nature est bonne à quelque chose: elle abrite os coeurs dans un bouquet de fleurs. Chaumière, cela dure autant que le bonheur.
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- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Notre chaumière en Yveline", written 1916, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 3. Deux Chaumières au pays de l’Yveline [later: Deux chaumières et deux cœurs], in 4. Aux amis des livres, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Librairie Monnier, first published 1916
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Cottage, your ornaments are daisies, roses: at your feet the white [flowers], and above you these colored [flowers]. Cottage, nature is good for something: it shelters our hearts with a bouquet of flowers. Cottage, these will last as long as happiness [lasts].
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Notre chaumière en Yveline", written 1916, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 3. Deux Chaumières au pays de l’Yveline [later: Deux chaumières et deux cœurs], in 4. Aux amis des livres, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Librairie Monnier, first published 1916
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La rose libre des montagnes a sauté de joie cette nuit, et toutes les roses des campagnes, dans tous les jardins, ont dit: "Sautons, d'un genou léger, mes soeurs, par-dessus les grilles. L'arrosoir du jardinier vaut-il un brouillard qui brille?" J'ai vu, dans la nuit d'été, sur toutes les routes de la terre, courir les roses des parterres vers une rose en liberté!
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- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Songe d'une nuit d'été", written 1909, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in Le marchand d'images, in 5. Morcerf, suivi de Cantilènes et Ballades, in Cantilènes et Ballades, no. 3, first published 1909
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The wild rose of the mountains jumped for joy tonight, and all the roses of the fields, in all the gardens, said: “Let’s jump, springing from the knee, my sisters, over the fences. Is the gardener’s watering can worth as much as a gleaming mist?" I saw, in the summer night, on all of the roads on earth, the flower bed roses running toward the wild, free rose!
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Songe d'une nuit d'été", written 1909, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in Le marchand d'images, in 5. Morcerf, suivi de Cantilènes et Ballades, in Cantilènes et Ballades, no. 3, first published 1909
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C'est l'heure où le château s'endort, l'heure où les rames sont si belles, où l'hirondelle entraîne l'or du soir jusqu'au plus bleu du ciel, où je cache le paysage à mes yeux tout remplis d'amour. Je m'en vais, pleurs de mon visage. - Quittons ces rames pour toujours!
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- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "L'adieu en barque", written 1913, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 5. Chansons pour me consoler d'être heureux, in 2. Aux Andelys, no. 21, first published 1913
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It’s the hour when the castle falls asleep, the hour when the oars are so beautiful, when the swallow leads the gold of evening up to the bluest part of the sky, when I hide the landscape from my eyes, filled with love. I go away, tears on my face. - Let’s quit these oars forever!
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "L'adieu en barque", written 1913, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 5. Chansons pour me consoler d'être heureux, in 2. Aux Andelys, no. 21, first published 1913
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Word count: 55