[ ... ] Que me font ces vallons, ces palais, ces chaumières, Vains objets dont pour moi le charme est envolé ? Fleuves, rochers, forêts, solitudes si chères, Un seul être vous manque, et tout est dépeuplé ! [ ... ]
Quatre Petites Mélodies
Song Cycle by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925)
Word count: 530
1. Élégie [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship
- by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "L'isolement" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Samota", Prague, first published 1877
2. Danseuse [sung text checked 1 time]
Le crabe sort sur ses pointes Avec ses bras en corbeille; Il sourit jusqu'aux oreilles. La danseuse d'Opéra, Au crabe toute pareille, Sort dans la coulisse peinte En arrondissant les bras.
Authorship
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Une danseuse", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Paris, Éd. de la Sirène, first published 1920 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "Crabs go out on their toes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. Chanson [sung text checked 1 time]
C'est mon trésor, c'est mon bijou, Le joli trou par où Ma vigueur se réveille... Oui, je suis fou, fou, fou Du trou de ma bouteille.
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 18th century ) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
4. Adieu [sung text checked 1 time]
Amiral, ne crois pas déchoir En agitant ton vieux mouchoir. C'est la coutume de chasser Ainsi les mouches du passé.
Authorship
- by Raymond Radiguet (1903 - 1923), "Lettres d'un Alphabet, 'Mouchoir'", appears in Les joues en feu, first published 1925 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]