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Trois mélodies, op. 6

by François Steenhuis (1918 - 1956)

1. Le poulet  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Notre petit domestique attache les pattes
d'un poulet qu'il va emporter au marché.
Le poulet se débat et crie.
Mon père le regarde, impitoyable.
Ma mère a détourné la tête. 
Un moineau, dans l'arbre, se trémousse d'aise,
car il y aura plus de grain pour lui.

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le départ du poulet", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920

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  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade : poésies chinoises, Paris: H. Piazza, 1922, page 114.


Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

2. Le chat  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Il [a bondi]1 sur l'ombre d'une feuille 
qu'il avait prise pour une souris. 
A peine au sol, il se lèche une patte, 
afin de tromper la feuille 
qui sait peut-être discerner les erreurs.

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le chat", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza

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  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Cat", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade : poésies chinoises, Paris: H. Piazza, 1933, page 75.

1 Steenhuis: "va bondir"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

3. La carpe  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Au jardin, dans le clair de lune,
notre servante racle avec tant d'ardeur une carpe dorée, 
que ses écailles volent de tous côtés, et sans doute jusqu'au ciel.
Ces belles étoiles, là-haut, doivent être les écailles de notre poisson.

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Avant le repas", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920

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  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade, Paris: H. Piazza, 1926, page 63.


Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 119
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