Wir kamen vom Stierkampf zurück

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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Translation © by Beate Binnig

Chanson espagnole

(Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CHI ENG ENG GER

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. »

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Claude Achille Debussy

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.
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Word count: 174

Wir kamen vom Stierkampf zurück

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Debussy)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Wir kamen vom Stierkampf zurück
Drei Jungen, drei Mädchen.
Auf der Wiese war schönes Wetter,
und wir tanzten einen Bolero
zum Klang der Kastagnetten:
„Sagen Sie mir, Nachbar,
sehe ich gut aus
und steht mir mein Mieder
gut, heute morgen.
Finden Sie nicht, dass meine Taille schmal ist?
Ah! Ah!
Den Mädchen von Cadiz gefiel das gut.

Und wir tanzten einen Bolero
eines Abends, an einem Sonntag.
Uns entgegen kam ein Edelmann
goldbestickt, mit einer Feder am Hut,
und die Hand an der Hüfte:
„Wenn du mich haben willst,
Brünette mit dem süßen Lächeln,
mußt du es nur sagen,
und dieses Gold gehört dir.“
„Gehen Sie Ihres Weges, mein Herr,
Ah! Ah!
Die Mädchen von Cadiz wollten davon nichts hören!“

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