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by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)

Chanson pour Jeanne
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Puisque les roses sont jolies,
Et puisque Jeanne l'est aussi,
Tout fleurit dans ce monde ci,
Et c'est la pire des folies
Que de mettre ailleurs son souci,
Puisque les roses sont jolies,
Et puisque Jeanne l'est aussi.

Puisque vous gazouillez, mésanges,
Et que Jeanne gazouille aussi,
Tout chante, dans ce monde ci
Et les harpes saintes des anges
Ne feront jamais mon souci
Puisque vous gazouillez, mésanges,
Et que Jeanne gazouille aussi.

Puisque la belle fleur est morte,
Morte l'oiselle et Jeanne aussi...
Rien ne vit dans ce monde ci!
Et j'attends qu'un souffle m'emporte
Dans la tombe, mon seul souci...
Puisque la belle fleur est morte,
Morte l'oiselle et Jeanne aussi.

Text Authorship:

  • by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Chanson pour Jeanne", written 1885, appears in Intermède, Paris, Éd. Dentu, first published 1886 [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 Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894), "Chanson pour Jeanne", 1886, first performed 1887 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Song for Jeanne", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 113

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