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Le bruit de l'aéro se fane à la descente La voix du ciel nouveau, toupie O Orion module Dans le matin chargé d'émotion de vivre Ma cour sonore Le bruit profond des seaux remués dans la cour Un chien qui joue L'archange aux ailes solides va chez la Vierge Marie Aux environs de Paris Foule Une brume violette Il fait beau Le général PICON BYRRH PETIT JOURNAL La Seine coule et désaltère Les pont frais comme des tombeaux Et haut et haut lève la tête Un orgue dans le Paradis
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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), "Biplan le matin", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 7, Paris, E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Biplane in the morning", 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: 16
Word count: 90
The sound of the airplane fading during its descent The voice of the new heaven, spinning Oh Orion, modulate In the morning emotionally charged with life My sonorous courtyard The deep sound of buckets disturbed in the courtyard A dog who is playing The archangel with solid wings going home with the Virgin Mary In the environs on Paris Flock A purple haze It’s beautiful The general PICON BYRRH LITTLE NEWSPAPER The River Seine flows and quenches The bridge cool as tombs And high and high rasie your head An organ in paradise
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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)
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 93