by
Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor
Trois noisettes dans le bois
Language: French (Français)
Trois noisettes dans le bois
Tout au bout d'une brindille
Dansaient la capucine vivement au vent
En virant ainsi que des filles
De roi,
De roi des nains, s'entend.
Car à peine étaient-elles hautes
Comme botte
De grenouille et grosses
Comme petit doigt ou comme cosses
De pois.
Un escargot vint à passer :
"Mon [bon]1 monsieur, emmenez-moi
Dans votre carrosse,
Je serai votre fiancée,"
Disaient-elles toutes trois.
Mais le vieux sire sourd et fatigué,
Le sire aux quatre cornes sous les feuilles
Ne s'est point arrêté,
Et, c'est l'ogre de la forêt, je crois
C'est le jeune ogre rouge, gourmand et futé
Monseigneur l'écureuil
Qui les a croquées.
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1 Dupont: "beau"
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Three hazelnuts in the wood
Language: English after the French (Français)
Three hazelnuts in the wood
At the end of a twig
Were dancing Ring a Ring o’ Rosie swiftly in the wind
In [turning] just as the daughters
Of [the] king,
Of [the] king of the dwarves, [you see].
Because hardly were they high
As [a wading] boot
And big
As [a] little finger or as [a]
Pea pod.
A snail was passing by:
“My handsome sir, take me [away]
In your coach,
I will be your fiancée,”
They all three said.
But the old sire, deaf and tired,
The lord with four horns, under the leaves
Did not stop at all,
And, it is the ogre of the forest, I believe
It is the young, red ogre, gluttonous and cunning,
Mister squirrel
Who munched them [up].
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Translations of title(s):
"Les noisettes" = "The hazelnuts"
"Chanson des noisettes" = "Song of the hazelnuts"
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Word count: 127
