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Mai ! Les arbres du verger Sont poudrés de neige rose ! Mai ! S'envole ma névrose ! Mai ! Mon cœur est plus léger ! Mai ! La brise est plus câline ! Mai ! Va-t'en, nuage gris ! Les fillettes de Paris Se voilent de mousseline. Mai ! Le moine en sa cellule Est troublé par les oiseaux. Mai ! Déjà sur les roseaux Voltige la libellule. Mai ! Madame l'hirondelle Fait des trilles sur le toit. Je me sens renaître. Et toi, ne renais-tu point, ma belle ! Mai ! Le garςon fait le guet Avec un amoureux zèle Pour parer sa demoiselle De quatre brins de muguet. Mai ! L'on parque les moutons ! Jouons une pastorale ! Mai ! La joie est générale ! Mai ! Tous nous ressuscitons ! Mai ! Quel délice physique ! Mai ! Quel aimable frisson ! Mai ! J'ai fait cette chanson ! Mai ! Qu'on la mette en musique !
Text Authorship:
- by Georges Louis Edmond Docquois (1863 - 1927) [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Mai", op. 146 no. 8 (1914), published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from La cendre rouge, no. 8, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "May", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-29
Line count: 28
Word count: 132
May! The trees of the orchard Are powdered with rosy snow! May! My [apprehension] flies away! May! My heart is lighter! May! The breeze is more loving! May! Go away, gray cloud! The girls of Paris Cover themselves in chiffon. May! The monk in his cell Is bothered by the birds. May! Already [among] the reeds Flits the dragonfly. May! The lady swallow Trills upon the roof. I feel myself reborn. And you, are you not [also] reborn, my beauty! May! The boy keeps watch With an amorous zeal In order to adorn his maiden With four sprigs of lily of the valley. May! One pens in his sheep! Let us play a pastorale! May! Joy is [everywhere]! May! All of us come back to life! May! What physical delight! May! What [a] pleasant shiver! May! I made this song! May! [To be] set to music!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2020 by Garrett Medlock, (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 Georges Louis Edmond Docquois (1863 - 1927)
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-12
Line count: 28
Word count: 146