Les donneurs de sérénades Et les belles écouteuses Échangent des propos fades Sous les ramures chanteuses. C'est Tircis et c'est Aminte, Et c'est l'éternel Clitandre, Et c'est Damis qui pour mainte Cruelle [fait]1 maint vers tendre. Leurs courtes vestes de soie, Leurs longues robes à queues, Leur élégance, leur joie Et leurs molles ombres bleues Tourbillonnent dans l'extase D'une lune rose et grise, Et la mandoline jase Parmi les frissons de brise.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 33-34. Note: All the ampersands (&) that appeared in the first publication were changed to "et".
Note: first appeared in La Gazette rimée, February 20, 1867, under the title "Trumeau", and then in Fêtes galantes, Paris, éd. Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, under the title "Mandoline".
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- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), title 1: "Mandoline", title 2: "Trumeau", written 1867, appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 15, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1867
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Mandoliny"
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- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Mandolina", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Sie, die klimpern auf den Saiten, Und die Schönen, welche lauschen, Tauschen matte Höflichkeiten, Wo die grünen Zweige rauschen. Tircis und Aminte sind es, Auch Clitander darf nicht fehlen. Damis, um manch spröden Kindes Herz mit zartem Reim zu stehlen. Ihrer langen Schleppen Seide, Ihre Westen, ihre glatten, Ihre Feinheit, ihre Freude, Ihre weichen, blauen Schatten Wirbein, wo der Mond verdüstert Ros'ger bald erscheint, bald grauer, Und die Mandoline flüstert In des Abendwindes Schauer.
Composition:
- Set to music by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Mandoline", op. 13 no. 2 (1928), published 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Paul Verlaine, no. 2, Leipzig, Leuckart
Text Authorship:
- by Wolf von Kaickreuth, Graf (1887 - 1906), "Mandoline"
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), title 1: "Mandoline", title 2: "Trumeau", written 1867, appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 15, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1867
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