by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898)
Le savetier
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Hors de la poix rien à faire, Le lys naît blanc, comme odeur Simplement je le préfère À ce bon raccommodeur. Il va de cuir à ma paire Adjoindre plus que je n'eus Jamais, cela désespère Un besoin de talons nus. Son marteau qui ne dévie Fixe de clous gouailleurs Sur la semelle l'envie Toujours conduisant ailleurs. Il recréerait des souliers, O pieds! si vous le vouliez!
Confirmed with La revue blanche. Nouvelle Série - Tome II, 19, rue des Martyrs, Paris, 1891, p. 288
Text Authorship:
- by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Le savetier", appears in Poésies, in Feuillets d'Album, in Chansons bas, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Le Savetier", op. 44b no. 1 (1917), published 1920, first performed 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons bas, no. 1, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louise-Marie Simon (1903 - 1990), as Claude Arrieu, "Le savetier", 1936, published 1937 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons bas, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The cobbler", copyright © 2020
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-21
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