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Vous y dansiez petite fille Y danserez-vous mère-grand C'est la maclotte qui sautille Toutes les cloches sonneront Quand donc reviendrez-vous Marie Les masques sont silencieux Et la musique est si lointaine Qu'elle semble venir des cieux Oui je veux vous aimer mais vous aimer à peine Et mon mal est délicieux Les brebis s'en vont dans la neige Flocons de laine et ceux d'argent Des soldats passent et que n'ai-je Un coeur à moi ce coeur changeant Changeant et puis encor que sais-je Sais-je où s'en iront tes cheveux Crépus comme mer qui moutonne Sais-je où s'en iront tes cheveux Et tes mains feuilles de l'automne Que jonchent aussi nos aveux Je passais au bord de la Seine Un livre ancien sous le bras Le fleuve est pareil à ma peine Il s'écoule et ne tarit pas Quand donc finira la semaine
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Marie", appears in Alcools, first published 1913 [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 Jean Apothéloz (1900 - 1965), "Marie", 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons sur des textes de Guillaume Apollinaire pour chant et piano, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Marie", FP. 81 no. 6 [ chorus ], from Sept chansons, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Marie", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Marie", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 25
Word count: 142
You were dancing there little girl Will you dance there grandmother It is the maclotte that leaps about All the bells will sound So when will you return Marie The masks are silent And the music is so distant That it seems to come from the heavens Yes I want to love you but barely love you And my pain is delicious The ewes go off into the snow Flakes of wool and those of silver Soldiers pass by and why don't I have A heart that is mine this changing heart Changing and then again what do I know Do I know where your hair will go Frizzy like the foaming sea Do I know where your hair will go And your hands leaves of Autumn That our confessions also bestrew I passed by the bank of the Seine An old book under my arm The river is like my pain It flows and does not dry up So when will the week be done
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2025 by Grant Hicks, (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 Guillaume Apollinaire, "Marie", appears in Alcools, first published 1913
This text was added to the website: 2025-12-16
Line count: 25
Word count: 166