Smoke | Smoking is permitted. Beware

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by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Fumée

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

C'est permis de fumer. Gare 
L'Écuyère de Médrano 
quand tu fumes ton cigare 
Saute à travers les anneaux.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Fumée", op. 59 no. 1, copyright © 1920, first performed 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 1, Paris : Éditions Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Smoke", 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: 4
Word count: 18

Smoke

Language: English after the French (Français)

Smoking is permitted. Beware 
The horsewoman of the Circus Medrano
when you smoke your cigar 
Jump through the hoops.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in French (Français) by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 19