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by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947)

La statue de bronze
 (Sung text for setting by A. Satie)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
La grenouille
Du jeu de tonneau
S'ennuie, le soir, sous la tonnelle...
Elle en a assez!
D'être la statue
Qui va prononcer un grand mot: Le Mot!

Elle aimerait mieux être avec les autres
Qui font des bulles de musique
Avec le savon de la lune
Au bord du lavoir mordoré
Qu'on voit, là-bas, luire entre les branches...

On lui lance à coeur de journée
Une pâture de pistoles
Qui la traversent sans lui profiter

Et s'en vont sonner
Dans les cabinets
De son piédestal numéroté!

Et le soir, les insectes couchent
Dans sa bouche...

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "La statue de bronze", 1916, stanzas 1-5, from Trois Mélodies de 1916, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947), "La statue de bronze"

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

  • ENG English (Shawn Thuris) (Dr Melissa Givens) , "The bronze statue", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Dr Melissa Givens [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 184

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