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Je bois l'eau froide par saccades Coup de couteau je bois encor O lourde lourde cavalcade Galope dans la nuit du corps Le jet d'eau boîte, éclabousse le massif de bégonias On dirait que dans l'herbe il y a Des morceaux mouillés de langouste Aux profondeurs d'un océan Deux poissons aux belles ouoes chantent sur un arbre blanc Mais leur chanson n'est pas ouoe Tu n'auras jamais Amphitrite Ce joli cortège de truites
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) [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), "Aglaé", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 4, Paris, E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Aglaia", 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: 14
Word count: 73
I drink the cold water in jerks Knife thrust I take another drink Oh heavy heavy cavalcade [that] Gallops bodily at night The water sprinkler splashes the mass of begonias One might say that there are in the grass Wet pieces of lobster In the depths of an ocean two fish with good ouoes sing in a white tree But their song isn't ouoe You’ll never have Amphitrite This nice procession of trout
Title, "Aglaia" - one of the Muses, the name of a French frigate, and also the genus of most mahogany trees
Line 4-1: "Amphitrite" - a sea goodess and wife of Poseidon, the personification of the sea itself
Text Authorship:
- 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)
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 73