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Tout à coup et comme par jeu Mademoiselle qui voulûtes Ouïr se révéler un peu Le bois de mes diverses flûtes Il me semble que cet essai Tenté devant un paysage A du bon quand je le cessai Pour vous regarder au visage Oui ce vain souffle que j'exclus Jusqu'à la dernière limite Selon mes quelques doigts perclus Manque de moyens s'il imite Votre très naturel et clair Rire d'enfant qui charme l'air.
Text Authorship:
- by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Feuillet d'album", appears in Poésies, in Feuillets d'Album [author's text checked 1 time 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 Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "Feuillet d'album", published 1926 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Feuillet d'album", 1993, published 1996, first performed 1998 [ coloratura soprano and orchestra or piano ], from Huit Poésies de Mallarmé, no. 6, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos Salzedo (1885 - 1961), "Feuillet d'album", 1924 [ soprano ], from Three Poems of Stephane Mallarmé, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Album Leaf", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 73
Suddenly, playfully, [For] Mademoiselle, who wanted to hear [them], The woody [voices] of my collection of flutes revealed themself a little. It seems to me that this experiment, Attempted outside in the country, Was doing some good, when I stopped [playing] To focus on you. Yes, this puffed up breath that I withhold Until the last moment Depended upon by my [now] paralysed fingers, Lacks the means to imitate Your very natural and clear Childlike laughter which charms the air.
Translator's notes
Stanza 1, Line 1, word 2 - in the sense of "as if for fun”
Stanza 2, Line 4 - literally “look right in your face"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2023 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 Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Feuillet d'album", appears in Poésies, in Feuillets d'Album
This text was added to the website: 2023-10-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 80