La flûte de jade, mélodies chinoises

by Marguerite Canal (1890 - 1978)

1. Narcisses  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Narcisses fanés qui flottez sur la rivière, si vous voyez, à Tien-ouan,
une jeune fille rêveuse sous un cannelier 
qui a fleuri deux fois depuis notre premier baiser,
dites-lui que je respire un oeillet pour me rappeler son parfum ...

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris : Piazza, 1926, p.84


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2. Pluie de printemps  [sung text not yet checked]

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Elle est venue ranimer les jardins,
la bonne petite pluie qui sait toujours quand la nature a besoin d'elle.
Discrète, appliquée, silencieuse, elle a mouillé toutes choses, finement.

Hier soir, des nuages avaient envahi le ciel. L'obscurité était effrayante . 
Comme d’immenses yeux de fauves, les fanals des barques luisaient.

Ce matin, dans une pure lumière, éclatent les couleurs du jardin bien lavé.
Je contemple ses fleurs, qui me font évoquer le parc impérial
où je me promenais, jadis.

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris : Piazza, 1926, p.107


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3. Vœu  [sung text not yet checked]

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Nuit tiède, clair de lune, parfum des pruniers, 
donnez à ma bienaimée un rêve délicieux ! 
Faites qu'elle soit impatiente de me revoir et, 
qu'à l'aurore , elle vienne frapper à ma porte !

Parfum des pruniers, clair de lune, nuit tiède,
je saurai, par ses baisers, si vous m’avez entendu.

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris : Piazza, 1926, p.110


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4. Les trois princesses  [sung text not yet checked]

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Au pays de Sim, trois princesses, jeunes et belles, 
sont assises sur une plage blanche. Elles cherchent, du regard, 
une nef qui les emmènerait, très loin, au delà de l'horizon, 
vers une île qui doit exister, où les femmes sont heureuses . 
La mer est bleue . 

Au pays de Sim, trois princesses, qui ne sont plus jeunes et
et belles, pleurent, debout, sur une plage blanche.
La mer est bleue.

Au pays de Sim, trois princesses, vieilles et sans voix,
sont accroupies sur une plage blanche.
Elles jouent avec le sable et s’en inondent les cheveux,
croyant que les grains de sable sont des fleurs.
La mer est bleue.

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris : Piazza, 1926, p.113


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5. La femme au miroir  [sung text not yet checked]

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Dans le clair de lune, elle est debout, immobile, devant son miroir.
Comme un long coquillage recouvert d'algues , 
elle n'est vêtue que de sa velure éparse

Elle vient de tourner la tête .  Elle sourit à une branche de cerisier en fleurs , 
dont se détachent des pétales qui tournoient lentement .

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris : Piazza, 1926, p.117


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6. Inscription sur un tombeau de la montagne Fou‑Kiou  [sung text not yet checked]

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Prosternée devant la vierge bouddhiste, si pitoyable aux malheureux,
je ne lui demande pas de me faire renaître ou de me garder dans le Paradis,
mais je la supplie de laisser tomber sur ma tête une des gouttes de rosée
qui tremblent au bout de sa branche de saule,
afin que je devienne un lotus, qu’il cueillera peut-être.

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7. La promenade attristée  [sung text not yet checked]

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Le lac [Nann-hou]1 berce la lune d'automne 
qui se reflete dans l'eau verte. 
Le bruit de mes rames a interrompu l'hymne d'amour 
que les nénuphars chantent à la lune.

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris : Piazza, 1926, p.80

1 Canal: "Nan-hin"; further changes may exist not shown above.

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