Song | The bilberries are for the lady

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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Louise Lalanne

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Chanson

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Les myrtilles sont pour la dame
Qui n'est pas là;
La marjolaine est pour mon âme
Tra-la-la!

Le chèvre-feuille est pour la belle
Irrésolue.
Quand cueillerons-nous les airelles
Lanturlu.

Mais laissons pousser sur la tombe,
O folle! O fou!
Le romarin en touffes sombres
Laïtou.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Louise Lalanne, "Chanson", written 1909, appears in Il y a, in Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925 [author's text not yet checked 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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Chanson", 1952 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Chanson", FP 57 no. 2 (1931) [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Lucie Vellère (1896 - 1966), "Chanson", 1957, published 1975 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone ], from Trois poèmes d'Apollinaire, no. 2, Brussels : CeBeDeM [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Song", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Lied", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 45

Song

Language: English after the French (Français)

The bilberries are for the lady 
who is not here;
Marjoram is for my soul 
Tralala! 

Honeysuckle is for the fair 
irresolute. 
When do we gather the blueberries 
Lanturlu. 

But let us plant on the tomb, 
oh, you fools! 
Rosemary in dark tufts 
Laïtou!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Louise Lalanne, "Chanson", written 1909, appears in Il y a, in Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 44