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by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969)

La fête publique
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  GER
Insecte mécanique,
Sauterelle en ferblanc,
A la fête publique
c’est la musique, c’est le beau temps.

-- La cible de mon tir
est une fleur cruelle.
Que pourrais-je t’offrir
pour nos amours nouvelles?

-- Le pain et le couteau,
un château sur la lune,
Offre-moi le manteau
Qui drape la fortune.

-- Non, ce n’est pas assez,
les amours sont trop brêves,
Je veux tout dépenser :
que l’avarice crève.

-- Si tu veux m’amuser
donne ton cœur pour cible,
tu ne peux refuser,
c’est un cadeau risible.

-- En tirant sur mon cœur
tu risques de t’atteindre
Et ta mort me fait peur
sans ami pour te plaindre.

-- Je brûle les peureux,
ma main est une ortie,
près d’un autre amoureux
j’ai la mort et la vie.

Insecte mécanique,
sauterelle enfer blanc,
A la fête publique
c'est la musique, c’est le beau temps.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "La fête publique", appears in Le Sable du sablier, no. 17, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1945 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Louise-Marie Simon (1903 - 1990), as Claude Arrieu, "La fête publique", published 1969 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Sable du sablier, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Amphion [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Gädker) , "Das Volksfest", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Georg Gädker

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-18
Line count: 32
Word count: 138

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