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Les myrtilles sont pour la dame Qui n'est pas là; La marjolaine est pour mon âme Tra-la-la! Le chèvre-feuille est pour la belle Irrésolue. Quand cueillerons-nous les airelles Lanturlu. Mais laissons pousser sur la tombe, O folle! O fou! Le romarin en touffes sombres Laïtou.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Louise Lalanne, "Chanson", written 1909, appears in Il y a, in Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925 [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Chanson", 1952 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Chanson", FP 57 no. 2 (1931) [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lucie Vellère (1896 - 1966), "Chanson", 1957, published 1975 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone ], from Trois poèmes d'Apollinaire, no. 2, Brussels : CeBeDeM [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Song", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Lied", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 45
Els nabius són per a la dama Que no és aquí; El marduix és per a la meva ànima Tra-la-la! El lligabosc és per a la bella Que no sap què decidir. Quan anirem a collir els mirtils Lanturlu. Però que creixi a la tomba, Oh, boja! Oh, boig! El romaní en mates fosques Laïtou.
Notes
Stanza 2, line 4: La paraula "lanturlu" prové del francès, on s'utilitza principalment en l'expressió "répondre lanturlu" (respondre amb evasives o donar una resposta sense sentit).
Stanza 3, line 4: És una expressió onomatopeica que s'utilitza en algunes cançons populars per marcar el ritme o com a refrany informal
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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 Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Louise Lalanne, "Chanson", written 1909, appears in Il y a, in Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 55