Biplane in the morning | The sound of the airplane fading during its descent

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by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Biplan le matin

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Le bruit de l'aéro se fane à la descente 
La voix du ciel nouveau, toupie 
O Orion module 
Dans le matin chargé d'émotion de vivre 
Ma cour sonore 
Le bruit profond des seaux remués dans la cour 
Un chien qui joue 
L'archange aux ailes solides va chez la Vierge Marie 
Aux environs de Paris 
Foule Une brume violette Il fait beau 
Le général 
PICON BYRRH PETIT JOURNAL 
La Seine coule et désaltère 
Les pont frais comme des tombeaux 

Et haut et haut lève la tête 
Un orgue dans le Paradis

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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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Biplan le matin", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 7, Paris, E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Biplane in the morning", 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: 16
Word count: 90

Biplane in the morning

Language: English after the French (Français)

The sound of the airplane fading during its descent
The voice of the new heaven, spinning 
Oh Orion, modulate
In the morning emotionally charged with life
My sonorous courtyard 
The deep sound of buckets disturbed in the courtyard 
A dog who is playing 
The archangel with solid wings going home with the Virgin Mary
In the environs on Paris 
Flock A purple haze It’s beautiful
The general 
PICON BYRRH LITTLE NEWSPAPER 
The River Seine flows and quenches 
The bridge cool as tombs 

And high and high rasie your head
An organ in paradise

Translator's note for line 1-16: Byrrh and Amer Picon are popular liquers that have a bittersweet flavor. They are not as intensely flavored as bitters, so medium-sized bottles would be present on the top of a bar.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 93