Deux Poèmes de Jean Cocteau

Song Cycle by Jean Wiéner (1896 - 1982)

1. Aéronautes

Language: French (Français)

Si les arbres sont descendus
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Text Authorship:

by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Aéronautes", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Paris, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920

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2. Souvenirs d'enfance [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

Pendant la nuit, une rose
Avance sous feux éteints.
S'il arrivait quelque chose,
Elle attendra le matin.

Les noix, ta mère les dore,
Pour ton arbre de Noël.
Souliers au bord de l'aurore...
Ils apprivoisent le ciel.

Jadis, l'enfance chérie,
Voyageait, allumant des 
Liverpool de féerie,
Splendides à regarder.

Une moustiquaire en tulle
Comme la neige on y meurt,
Surtout, si l'étoile brûle 
Les ailes du ramoneur.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Souvenirs d'enfance", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Paris, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920

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ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "Childhood memories", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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