Captured in the trap | You thought you’d capture, but you are the captured

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by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950)

Translation © by Marian Nelson

Prise au piège

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Tu croyais prendre et tu es prise,
Tu pensais l'attraper au piège de tes yeux malins et doux,
Tes grands yeux naïfs et rusés, 
Tendres et moqueurs.

Il n'y a pas résisté,
Mais dans sa chute 
il t'entraîna vers l'Amour -- 
le banal. 
Le merveilleux Amour,
par quoi finissent tous les scénarios.
Ainsi soit-il.

Text Authorship:

by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Prise au piège"

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

by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Prise au piège", op. 151 no. 3 (1935), published 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Sept chansons pour Gladys, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Marian Nelson) , "Captured in the trap", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 53

Captured in the trap

Language: English after the French (Français)

You thought you’d capture, but you are  the captured,
You thought to catch him in the trap of your sweet and malicious eyes,
Your big naïve and cunning eyes, 
Tender and mocking.
He didn’t resist them,
But in falling
he pulled you towards love,
the banal.
The wonderful Love
Which always ends all the scenes,
So be it.

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a text in French (Français) by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Prise au piège"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 58