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Deux mélodies , opus 20

by Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937)

Translations available for the entire opus: ENG 

1. Le bachelier de Salamanque
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Où vas-tu, toi qui passes si tard
Dans les rues désertes de Salamanque
Avec ta toque noire et ta guitare
Que tu dissimules sous ta mante?
Le couvre-feu est déjà sonné
Et depuis longtemps, dans leurs paisibles maisons,
Les bourgeois dorment à poings fermés.
Ne sais-tu pas qu'un édit de l'alcade
Ordonne de jeter en prison
Tous les donneurs de sérénade,
Que les malandrins couperont ta chaîne d'or
Et que la fille de l'Almirante
Pour qui vainement tu te tourmentes
Se moque de toi derrière son mirador?

Text Authorship:

  • by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The Bachelor of Salamanca", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada and the U.S., but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

2. Sarabande
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Les jets d'eau dansent des sarabandes
Sur l'herbe parfumée des boulingrins;
Il y a des rumeurs de soie dans le jardin
Et de mystérieuses présences.
Sur le marbre rose d'une margelle
Trois tourterelles
Se sont posées,
Comme sur tes lèvres trois baisers;
Leurs plumes s'effeuillent dans le bassin.
Les fleurs fraîches des marronniers 
Neigent lentement sur tes seins
Et font frissonner ta chair nue,
Car tu es nue 
Sous ton manteau
Et c'est pour toi que les jets d'eau
Dansent de sveltes sarabandes,
Que le parc est plein de présences
Et que les tourterelles blanches,
Comme de vivantes guirlandes,
Viennent fleurir au bord de l'eau.

Text Authorship:

  • by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Sarabande", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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