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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Translation © by Anna Brull Piñol

Fantoches

(Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG FIN GER GER

Scaramouche et Pulcinella
Qu'un mauvais dessein rassembla
Gesticulent, noirs sous la lune.

Cependant l'excellent docteur
Bolonais cueille avec lenteur
Des simples parmi l'herbe brune.

Lors sa fille, piquant minois,
Sous la charmille, en tapinois,
Se glisse demi-nue, en quête

De son beau pirate espagnol
Dont un amoureux rossignol
Clame la détresse à tue-tête.

Note: All ampersands (&) as appear in the first publication are changed to "et".

Composition:

Claude Achille Debussy

Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Fantoches", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 11, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Anna Brull Piñol) , "Titelles", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "Puppets", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Marionetit", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Marionetten", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Marionetten", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Titelles

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Debussy)

See original

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

Scaramouche i Pulcinella
quina idea malèvola reuneixen,
gesticulen negres sota la lluna,

mentre l'exel·lent doctor Bolonyès
cull lentament mostres
entre l'herba bruna.

Llavors la seva filla, tota coqueta,
sobre el prat, de puntetes,
s'esfuma mig nua

a la recerca del seu bell pirata español,
on el seu (amoròs) rossinyol
proclama la seva angoixa a crits.

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a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Fantoches", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 11, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-09
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Word count: 55