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Nous venions de voir le taureau,
Trois garçons, trois fillettes.
Sur la pelouse il faisait beau,
Et nous dansions un boléro
Au son des castagnettes :
« Dites-moi, voisin,
Si j'ai bonne mine,
Et si ma basquine
Va bien, ce matin.
Vous me trouvez la taille fine ?...
Ah ! ah !
Les filles de Cadix aiment assez cela. »
Et nous dansions un boléro
Un soir, c'était dimanche.
Vers nous s'en vint un hidalgo
Cousu d'or, la plume au chapeau,
Et le poing sur la hanche :
« Si tu veux de moi,
Brune au doux sourire,
Tu n'as qu'à le dire,
Cet or est à toi.
-- Passez votre chemin, beau sire...
Ah ! Ah !
Les filles de Cadix n'entendent pas cela. »
Et nous dansions un boléro,
Au pied de la colline.
Sur le chemin passait Diégo,
Qui pour tout bien n'a qu'un manteau
Et qu'une mandoline :
« La belle aux doux yeux,
Veux-tu qu'à l'église
Demain te conduise
Un amant jaloux ?
-- Jaloux ! jaloux ! quelle sottise !
Ah ! ah !
Les filles de Cadix craignent ce défaut là! »
Composition:
- Set to music by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Les filles de Cadix", 1890 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Chanson", written 1844, appears in Poésies posthumes
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "我們剛離開鬥牛場", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Barbara Miller) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "The Girls of Cadix", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2021, (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: 36
Word count: 174
We were coming from seeing the bull, Three boys, three girls, On the grass the weather was fair, And we were dancing a bolero To the sound of castanets; Tell me, neighbor, If I look well And if my skirt Looks good on me, this morning, Do you find my waist slender? Ah! Ah! The girls of Cadiz rather like that. And we were dancing a bolero One evening--it was Sunday, Toward us came a hidalgo Covered with gold, a feather in his hat, And his fist on his hip: If you want me, Brunette with the sweet smile, You have only to say so, This gold is yours. Go on your way, good sir, Ah! Ah! The girls of Cadiz don't understand that. And we were dancing a bolero, At the foot of the hill. On the road passed by Diego, Who for worldly goods has only a coat And a mandolin: Beautiful one with sweet eyes, Do you want to the church Tomorrow to be conducted By a jealous lover? Jealous! Jealous! what stupidity! Ah! Ah! The girls of Cadiz fear that fault!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2004 by Barbara Miller, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Chanson", written 1844, appears in Poésies posthumes
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-01
Line count: 36
Word count: 185