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Pangur, white Pangur, How happy we are Alone together, Scholar and cat. Each has his own work to do daily; For you it is hunting, for me study. Your shining eye watches the wall; my feeble eye is fixed on a book. You rejoice when your claws entrap a mouse; I rejoice when my mind fathoms a problem. Pleased with his own art Neither hinders the other; Thus we live ever without tedium and envy. Pangur, white Pangur, How happy we are Alone together, Scholar and cat.
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "The monk and his cat", op. 29 no. 8 (1953), published 1954 [ voice or SATB chorus and piano ], from Hermit songs, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le moine et son chat", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: René Slot
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 87
Pangur, mon chat blanc, Comme nous sommes heureux, Tous les deux, l'érudit et le chat. Chacun a on travail à faire chaque jour : Pour toi, c'est chasser, pour moi, étudier. Ton œil brillant regarde le mur ; Mon faible œil est fixé sur un livre. Tu te réjouis quand tes mâchoires attrapent une souris ; Je me réjouis quand mon esprit sonde un problème. Enchanté par son art Aucun ne gêne l'autre ; Ainsi nous vivons toujours Sans ennui ni jalousie. Pangur, mon chat blanc, Comme nous sommes heureux, Tous les deux, l'érudit et le chat.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973)
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2015-07-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 93