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Kleiner Moralkurs
Song Cycle by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
View original-language texts alone: Petit cours de morale
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.
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- 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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In London, dieser großen Stadt, lebt ein Wesen einsamer als man es nach Schiffbruch hat, oder in der Grabeskammer. Großer Zaungast, kleiner Rentier, Jeanne, das ist sein Metier.
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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.
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- by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), written 1921, appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, Éd. Émile Paul, first published 1921
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In Dover fällt irgendeinmal ein Sonderling in den Kanal. Er schreit um Hilf' in seiner Not, klammert sich an der Klippe an, doch niemand naht im Rettungsboot. Adèle, so endet Mäßiggang.
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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.
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- by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), written 1921, appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, Éd. Émile Paul, first published 1921
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Der Chinaboss aus Lancaster lockt euch mit Blumen an, ertränkt im Duft euch dann... sein Pfeifchen wird euch zum Desaster! Von Lilien zum Mohn, Cécile, braucht es leider nicht sehr viel.
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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.
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- by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, first published 1922
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Der Bürgermeister aus Montrose1 meint, Liebe sei nur phantasiert; bis seine Mutter er verliert. Nun grämt er sich tagein, tagaus. Irene, kleine Irene, die Liebe ist Leid und Träne.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Translator's note: Um des Reimes willen habe ich den Amtssitz des Oberbürgermeisters 100km nach Norden verlegt, wohl wissend, dass dort kein Lord Provost waltet.
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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.
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- by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), written 1921, appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, Éd. Émile Paul, first published 1921
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Was hast du im Exil geseh'n? Spencers Frau befragte ihn: Was war's in Rom und was in Wien, in Pergamon, in Kolkata? Nichts von alldem, sagt er. Von dieser Welt die beste Kunde erhältst du mit geschloss'nen Augen, Rosamunde.
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