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Ne vous balancez pas si fort Le ciel est à tout le monde Marin d'eau douce la nuit profonde Se moque de vos ancres d'or Et boit debout en silence Comme du papier buvard Votre dos bleu qui encense Puissamment le boulevard.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Fête de Montmartre", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Paris, Éd. de la Sirène, first published 1920 [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Fête de Montmartre", op. 59 no. 3, copyright © 1920, first performed 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 3, Paris : Éditions Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Van Parys (1902 - 1971), "Fête de Montmartre", 1953, published 1954, first performed 1953 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 5, Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "The Festival at Montmartre ", copyright © 2016, (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: 8
Word count: 42
Don’t swing around so wildly The sky belongs to everyone Freshwater sailor the dark night Mocks your golden anchors And drinks in silence, standing up Like stiff blotting paper Your blueback powerfully perfumes The boulevard.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (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 French (Français) by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Fête de Montmartre", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Paris, Éd. de la Sirène, first published 1920
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 35