Chansons orientales

Song Cycle by Henk Badings (1907 - 1987)

Translated to:

German (Deutsch) — Fernöstliche Lieder (Bertram Kottmann)

1. L'indifférente
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Sur ma flûte d'ébène j'ai joué,
pour toi, l'air le plus passionné que je connaissais,
mais tu regardais les pivoines, sans m'écouter.
Puis je t'ai donné une poésie
où j'avais célébré ta beauté,
mais tu l'as déchirée
et tu en as jeté les morceaux dans
le lac, parce qu'il n'avait pas de nénuphars, m'as-tu dit.
Je voulais te donner un merveilleux saphir,
limpide et froid comme une nuit d'hiver,
mais je l'ai gardé pour qu'il me rapelle ton coeur.

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2. La jeune fille nue
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Language: French (Français) 
Pour aller retrouver son fiancé, 
sous le grand saule qui est au bord du fleuve,
elle avait mis ses deux plus belles robes.

Lorsque le soleil commença de décliner,
ils causaient encore tendrement.
Tout à coup, la jeune fille se leva, honteuse,
parce qu'elle n'avait plus sa troisième robe:
l'ombre du saule.

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3. Dernière promenade
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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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4. Sur les bords du Jo‑Yeh
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Sur les bords du Jo-Yeh,
des jeunes filles cueillent des nénuphars.
Parmi les bambous, elles s'interpellent
et se cachent en riant.
L'eau réfléchit leurs belles robes,
qui parfument la brise.

Des cavaliers passent entre les saules de la rive...
Un des chevaux hennit.
Son maître regarde en vain de tous côtés
et puis s'éloigne.
Sur les bords du Jo-Yeh une des jeunes filles
laisse tomber ses nénuphars et comprime son coeur,
qui bat à grands coups.

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