Douze mélodies, 1re série

Song Cycle by Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917)

1. La saison des chrysanthèmes

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2. L'âme des lacs

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3. Ce soir j'ai de la peine

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Ce soir j'ai de la peine sans rime ni raison
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4. Fleur mourante

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Elle est mourante sur ton cœur la pauvre fleur
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5. Hymne au soleil

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Soleil levant/ Soleil couchant
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6. Rondel de Pâques

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7. Sérénade de Pierrot

Subtitle: Love also your Pierrot

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Colombine, je t'adore
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8. Sonnet crépusculair

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Voici le jour qui fuit ... De l'horizon s'avance
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9. Sonnet nocturne

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Dors dans mes bras ton doux sommeil
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10. Berceuse estivale

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Ô bien aimée, laissons-nous endormir
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11. Chanson vagabonde

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Ma maison n'est pas une maison
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12. Mignonne  [sung text not yet checked]

Subtitle: Ode à Cassandre

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  Mignonn', allon voir si la rose
Qui ce matin avoit declose
Sa robe de pourpr' au soleil,
A point perdu, cette vesprée,
Le plis de sa robe pourprée,
Et son teint au vostre pareil.

  Las, voyés comm' en peu d'espace,
Mignonn', ell' a dessus la place,
Las, las, ses beautés laissé cheoir!
Ô vrayement maratre nature,
Puis qu'une telle fleur ne dure,
Que du matin jusques au soir!

  Donc, si vous me croiés, mignonne:
Tandis que vostr' age fleuronne
En sa plus verte nouveauté,
Cueillés, cueillés vostre jeunesse,
Comm' à cette fleur, la viellesse
Fera ternir vostre beauté.

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  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , no title, copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Modernized version used by Chaminade, Manduell, Wagner: 

Mignonne, allons voir si la rose,
Qui ce matin avait desclose
Sa robe de pourpre au soleil,
N'a point perdu cette vesprée
Les plis de sa robe pourprée
Et son teint au vôtre pareil.

Las! voyez comme en peu d'espace,
Mignonne, elle a, dessus la place,
Las! Las! ses beautés laissé cheoir!
Ô vraiment marâtre nature,
Puisqu'une telle fleur ne dure,
Que du matin jusques au soir!

[Or donc, écoutez-moi,]1 Mignonne,
Tandis que votre âge fleuronne
[En]2 sa plus verte nouveauté,
Cueillez, cueillez votre jeunesse:
[Comme à cette fleur la vieillesse
Fera ternir votre beauté.]3

1 Chaminade, Manduell: "Donc, si vous m'en croyez"
2 Chaminade: "Dans"
3 Manduell: "Comme à ceste fleur la vieillesse/ Fera ternir vostre beauté."

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 98