La flûte de Jade

Song Cycle by Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982)

1. Ngo Gay Ngy  [sung text not yet checked]

Subtitle: Tuin in maanlicht

Language: French (Français) 
Comme la lune dans le ciel bleu,
je suis seule dans ma chambre.
J'ai éteint la lampe, je pleure.
Je pleure parce que vous êtes loin de moi
et que vous ne saurez jamais
combien je vous aime.

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2. La tristesse précieuse  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Assise sur la terrasse de sa demeure, elle attend son fiancé. 
Que la nuit a été longue ! 

Le vent du matin effeuille les glycines. 

Elle regarde ces gouttes d'aube 
qui tombent sur ses bras, et elle soupire.

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


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3. Le pavillon de la musique  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Les musiciennes sont parties.
Tulipes qu'elles avaient mises dans
les vases de jade s'inclinent 
vers les luths et semblent écouter encore.

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade; poésies chinoises, Piazza, 1926, p. 24.


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4. 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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5. Clair de lune  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Sur un jardin fardé de lune,  l'ombre noire d'un olivier s'arrondit. 
Sur la joue pâle d'une jeune fille,  un amant a posé sa bouche. 
L'ombre de l'olivier tourne sur le jardin. 
La bouche de l'amant parcourt le visage de la jeune fille.

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, L'édition d'Art H. Piazza, p.56


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6. Une chanson  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Une chanson, là-bas... C'est un mendiant !
Puisqu’il chante, ce vieillard 
qui n’a jamais rien possédé, pourquoi gémis-tu,
toi qui as de si beaux souvenirs  !

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