by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944)
Language: French (Français)
Le Lord prévôt d'Edimbourg Dit que l'amour est chimère Mais un jour il perd sa mère Ses larmes coulent toujours Irène petite Irène l'Amour c'est la grande peine.
Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Irène", H. 148 no. 4 (1941), published 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from Petit cours de morale, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Salabert
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, first published 1922
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Irène", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Irene", copyright © 2006, (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: 28