Bretonisches Lied | Hab verloren mein Schätzchen

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by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

J'ai perdu ma poulette

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

J'ai perdu ma poulette
Et j'ai perdu mon chat.
Je cours à la poudrette
Si Dieu me les rendra.

Je vais chez Jean le Coz
Et chez Marie Maria.
Va-t'en voir chez Hérode
Peut-être il le saura.

Passant devant la salle
Toute la ville était là
À voir danser ma poule
Avec mon petit chat.

Tous les oiseaux champêtres
Sur les murs et sur les toits
Jouaient de la trompette
Pour le banquet du roi.

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First published in the revue Commerce, no. 22, Winter 1929, as the second of a collection of poems titled "Morven Le Gaëlique- Poèmes", and then later in Chants Bretons et inédits signés Morven le Gaélique, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, 1953.

Text Authorship:

by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), "Chanson", written 1926?, appears in Chants Bretons et inédits signés Morven le Gaélique, first published 1929 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Paul Le Flem (1881 - 1984), "J'ai perdu ma poulette", subtitle: "Chanson", published 1963 [ soli, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, viola and piano ], from Morven le Gaëlique, no. 6, Editions Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Chanson bretonne", FP 59 no. 1 (1931), published 1932 [ soprano and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Max Jacob, no. 1, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Breton song", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Bretonisches Lied", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

Bretonisches Lied

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Hab verloren mein Schätzchen,
hab verlor’n meine Katz.
Ich lauf’ gar zur Poudrette¹,
gibt Gott sie mir zurück.

Ich geh zu Jean le Coz
und zu Marie Maria.
Geh auch zu Herodes,
vielleicht weiß er Bescheid.

Ich ging am Saal vorbei:
Die ganze Stadt war da,
sah tanzen meinen Schatz
mit meiner kleinen Katz.

Das Federvieh vom Land
auf Mauern und auf Dächern
spielt’ auf der Trompet’
zum königlich’ Bankett.

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¹ In transportable Form gebrachte menschliche Exkremente zur Düngung der Felder im 19. Jahrhundert

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), "Chanson", written 1926?, appears in Chants Bretons et inédits signés Morven le Gaélique, first published 1929
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This text was added to the website: 2015-11-10
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Word count: 70