Je maudissais la pluie qui faisait résonner mon toit et M'empêchait de dormir Je maudissais le vent qui saccageait mon jardin. Mais, tu es arrivée ! Et j'ai remercié la pluie, puisque tu as dû ôter ta robe Mouillée et j'ai remercié le vent, qui venait d'éteindre ma lampe.
La Flûte de jade
Song Cycle by Yves Ramette (1921 - 2012)
1. L'orage favorable [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "L'orage favorable", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. 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.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "La dernière promenade", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chang-Wou-Kien (1879 - 1931) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. 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 !
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Une chanson", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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