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Petit cours de morale

Song Cycle by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)

Translated to:

English — Short Course in Morals
German (Deutsch) — Kleiner Moralkurs

1. Jeanne
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Dans Londres, la grand ville
il est un être plus seul
qu'un naufragé
dans son île
et qu'un mort dans un linceul
Grand badaud petit rentier
Jeanne voilà
son métier.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), no title, written 1921, appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, Éd. Émile Paul, first published 1921

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Jeanne", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Jeanne", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Adèle
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
A Douvres un original
tombe un jour dans le chenal
il appelle au sauvetage 
Il se cramponne au récif 
mais vers lui nul coeur ne nage 
Adèle, ainsi meur l'oisif.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), written 1921, appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, Éd. Émile Paul, first published 1921

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Adèle", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Adèle", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Adèle", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

3. Cécile
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Le grandchinois de Lancastre
vous attire avec des fleurs
puis vous inonde d'odeurs...
bientôt sa pipe est votre astre!
Du lys au pavot, Cécile,
la route, hélas, est docile.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), written 1921, appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, Éd. Émile Paul, first published 1921

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Cécile", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Cécile", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

4. Irène
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Le Lord prévôt d'Edimbourg
Dit que l'amour est chimère
Mais un jour il perd sa mère
Ses larmes coulent toujours
Irène petite Irène
l'Amour c'est la grande peine.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, first published 1922

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Irène", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Irene", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

5. Rosemonde
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Qu'as-tu vu dans ton exil?
Disait à Spencer sa femme,
à Rome, à Vienne,
à Pergame, à Calcutta? Rien! fit-il
Veux-tu découvrir le monde?
Ferme tes yeux, Rosemonde.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), written 1921, appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, Éd. Émile Paul, first published 1921

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Rosemonde", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Rosemonde", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 145
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