Marie Laurencin | Between the Fauves and the Cubists

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by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Marie Laurencin

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Entre les fauves et les cubistes
Prise au piège petite biche

Une pelouse des anémies
Pâlissent le nez des amies

France jeune fille nombreuse

Clara d'Ellebeuse,
Sophie Fichini

Bientôt la Guerre sera finie
Pour que se cabre un doux bétail
Aux volets de votre évantail

Vive la France!

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Text Authorship:

by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Marie Laurencin", first published 1920 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Marie Laurencin", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 6, Paris, E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Marie Laurencin", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 48

Marie Laurencin

Language: English after the French (Français)

Between the Fauves and the Cubists
Caught in a trap little doe

A lawn of anemias
Pale the friends’ nose

France young lady numerous

Clara d’Ellebeuse,
Sophie Fichini

Soon the war will be over
For the rearing up of one sweet livestock
In the little flaps of your fan

Long live France!

Translator's notes
Title - Marie Laurencin - A member of the French avant-garde (1883-1956) who painted Cubist portraits (mainly of women and girls), and provided the fron curtain for Diaghilev’s "Les biches" in the 1920s. Her "Toilette des jeunes filles" (Parlor of the Young Ladies), featuring girls with fans, was included in the 1913 Armory Show and her "Femme à l’eventail" (Woman with a Fan) was exhibited in 1912.
Line 4-1: "Clara d’Ellebeuse" - the title character in a work of French prose by Francis Jammes, published in 1899.
Line 4-2: "Sophie Fichini" - a mischevious character in the classic children’s book trilogy of Sophie Rostopchine, countess of Ségur, which includes the "Misfortunes of Sophie", published in 1859.
Line 5-2: "livestock" - also, cattle (definitely plural)

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a text in French (Français) by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Marie Laurencin", first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
Line count: 11
Word count: 52