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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

Parade
 (Sung text for setting by B. Britten)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG JPN SPA
Des drôles très solides. Plusieurs ont exploité
vos mondes. Sans besoins, et peu pressés de mettre en
œuvre leurs brillantes facultés et leur expérience
de vos consciences. Quels hommes mûrs ! Des yeux
hébétés à la façon de la nuit d'été, rouges et noirs, 
tricolores, d'acier piqué d'étoiles d'or ; des faciès 
déformés, plombés, blêmis, incendiés ; des enrouements
folâtres ! La démarche cruelle des oripeaux ! -- 
Il y a quelques jeunes,  ... 

Ô le plus violent Paradis de la grimace enragée !   ...  
Chinois, Hottentots, bohémiens, niais, hyènes, Molochs,
vieilles démences, démons sinistres, ils mêlent
les tours populaires, maternels, avec les poses et 
les tendresses bestiales. Ils interpréteraient des pièces 
nouvelles et des chansons « bonnes filles ». 
Maîtres jongleurs, ils transforment le lieu et les 
personnes, et usent de la comédie magnétique. 
 ... 

J'ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.

Composition:

    Set to music by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Parade", op. 18 no. 8 (1939), published 1940 [ high voice and strings ], from Les Illuminations, no. 8

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Parade", appears in Les Illuminations

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "遊行", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Parade", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "パレード", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Parada", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 232

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