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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

Ritournelle
 (Sung text for setting by M. Déodat de Séverac)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Dans la plaine blonde et sous les allées,
Pour mieux faire accueil au doux messidor,
Nous irons chasser les choses ailées,
Moi, la strophe, et toi, le papillon d'or.

Et nous choisirons les routes tentantes,
Sous les saules gris et près des roseaux,
Pour mieux écouter les choses chantantes ;
Moi, le rythme, et toi, le chœur des oiseaux.

Suivant tous les deux les rives charmées,
Que le fleuve bat de ses flots parleurs,
Nous vous trouverons, choses parfumées,
Moi, glanant des vers, toi cueillant des fleurs.

Et l'amour, servant notre fantaisie,
Fera, ce jour-là l'été plus charmant,
Je serai poète, et toi poésie ;
Tu seras plus belle, et moi plus aimant.

Composition:

    Set to music by Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921), "Ritournelle", 1896 [ medium voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Ritournelle", written 1864-69, appears in Poèmes divers, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Ritournelle"
  • ENG English (Michael Berridge) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Stuart Price , Amy Pfrimmer

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 117

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