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by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)

Le passe‑pied
 (Sung text for setting by L. Bruneau)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Tircis:
 C’est pour la bouche
 Que je me meurs.
Clymène:
 L’air qui les touche
 Fane les fleurs.

T:
 Une odeur rôde
 Dans tes cheveux.
C:
 Ta lèvre est chaude
 Comme tes voeux.

T:
 Je suis ta robe
 De bras hardis.
C:
 Elle dérobe
 Un paradis.

T:
 Porte de soie
 Je l’ouvrirai!
C:
 J’ai peur qu’on voie
 Qu’on est entré.

T: 
 Huis et cloture
 Sout superflus.
C:
 Las! la serrure
 Ne ferme plus.

(C:)
 Et vers un autre
 Où le jour n’entre
 Qu’en rougissant
 Tant pour s’étendre
 S’offre un lit tendre
 Et caressant
 De mousse souple,
 L’amoureux couple
 Fuit en dansant!

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857 - 1934), "Le passe-pied", published [1895] [ medium voice and piano ], from Six chansons à danser, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Choudens

Text Authorship:

  • by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Le passe-pied ", written 1895, appears in La Grive des Vignes, in 4. Dédicaces, Ballet ancien, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Librairie Charpentier, first published 1895

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The passepied", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-12
Line count: 40
Word count: 84

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