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Madame Henri Rousseau monte en ballon captif Elle tient un arbrisseau Et le douanier Rousseau prend son apéritif L'aloès gonflé de lune Et l'arbre à fauteuils Et ce beau costume Et la belle lune Sur les belles feuilles Le lion d'Afrique Son ventre gros comme un sac Au pied de la République Le lion d'Afrique Dévore le cheval de fiacre La lune entre dans la flûte Du charmeur noir Yadwigha endormie écoute Et il sort de la douce flûte Un morceau en forme de poire.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), written 1916 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Hommage à Eric Satie", 1917?8, published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 1, Paris, E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Homage to Eric Satie", 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.
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Word count: 85
Mrs. Henri Rousseau rises in a tethered balloon She holds a shrub And the customs officer Rousseau drinks his aperitif The aloe swollen with moon And the armchair tree And that nice suit And the beautiful moon [shining] On the beautiful leaves The African lion His stomach as big as a sack At the foot of the Republic The lion of Africa Devours the carriage horse The moon enters the flute Of the dark snake-charmer Yadwigha, while asleep, listens And out of the sweet flute comes A pear-shaped bit.
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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), written 1916
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
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Word count: 89