La Flûte de Jade

by Catherine d'Ollone, née Catherine de Pontière (1882 - 1954)

1. La dernière promenade  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Tu as laissé tomber dans la poussière
la tulipe rouge que je t'avais donnée.
Je l'ai ramassée.
Elle était devenue blanche.
En ce bref instant, il avait neigé sur notre amour.

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2. La cigale

Language: French (Français) 
Comme il m'attriste ce chant de la cigale
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3. Depuis qu'elle est partie  [sung text not yet checked]

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Ne m'apportez plus de fleurs, 
mais de branches de cyprès 
où je plongerais mon visage! 
Quand le soleil a disparu 
derrière les montagnes, 
je mets ma robe bleu 
aux manches légères, 
et je vais dormir, 
parmi les bambous qu'elle aimait.

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4. Les jeunes filles du temps passé  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Les jeunes filles du temps passé sont assises dans un bosquet.
Elles disent
« Nous croyons que nous sommes vieilles, 
que nos cheveux sont blancs , 
et que nos yeux n'ont plus l'éclat de la lune nouvelle, 
mais il n'en est rien . 
Le seul coupable est notre miroir , embué d'hiver . 
C'est lui qui met de la neige sur nos cheveux , 
c'est lui qui déforme nos traits ! 
L'Hiver méchant ne règne que dans notre miroir . »

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade, Paris : H. Piazza, 1920, p.105


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