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Miss Ellen, versez-moi le Thé Dans la belle tasse chinoise, Où des poissons d'or cherchent noise Au monstre rose épouvanté. J'aime la folle cruauté Des chimères qu'on apprivoise: Miss Ellen, versez-moi le Thé Dans la belle tasse chinoise. Là sous un ciel rouge irrité, Une dame fière et sournoise Montre en ses longs yeux de turquoise L'extase et la naïveté: Miss Ellen, versez-moi le Thé.
Authorship
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Le thé", appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 16, first published 1875 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Le thé", op. 1 (5 rondels [in fact, 6]) no. 3 (1890-1894), published [1896] [ voice and piano ], Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The tea", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 13
Word count: 65
Miss Ellen, pour the tea for me Into the beautiful Chinese cup, Where goldfish pick a fight With a terrified pink monster. I love the wild cruelty Of the chimeras that are tamed: Miss Ellen, pour the tea for me Into the beautiful Chinese cup. There, under an angry red sky, A proud and sneaky lady Shows, in her long turquoise eyes, Ecstasy and purity: Miss Ellen, pour the tea for me.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura 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 Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Le thé", appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 16, first published 1875
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 72