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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Somewhat modernized version used by Chaminade, Manduell, Strong, Tiersot, Wagner: 

Mignonne, allons voir si la rose,
Qui [ce matin avait desclose]1
Sa robe de pourpre au soleil,
[N'a]2 point perdu cette vesprée
Les [plis]3 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]4 !
Ô [vraiment marâtre]5 nature,
Puisqu'une telle fleur ne dure,
Que du matin [jusques au]6 soir !

[Or donc, écoutez-moi,]7 Mignonne,
Tandis que [votre]8 âge fleuronne
[En]9 sa plus verte nouveauté,
Cueillez, cueillez [votre]8 jeunesse :
[Comme à cette fleur la vieillesse
Fera ternir votre beauté.]10

1 Tiersot: "cette nuit avait déclose"
2 Strong, Tiersot: "A"
3 Tiersot: "lys"
4 Strong, Tiersot: "choir"
5 Tiersot: "vrayment marastre"
6 Strong: "jusqu'au"
7 Chaminade, Manduell: "Donc, si vous m'en croyez"; Strong, Tiersot: "Donc, si vous me croyez"
8 Tiersot: "vostre"
9 Chaminade: "Dans"
10 Manduell: "Comme à ceste fleur la vieillesse/ Fera ternir vostre beauté."; Tiersot: "Comme à ceste fleur la vieillesse/ Fera ternir vostre beauté."

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 99