The waterfall | If you have a strong heart, you won't

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by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Le water‑chute

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Si vous avez le coeur solide, vous ne serez
pas trop malade.
Il vous semblera que vous tombez d'un
échafaudage.
Vous verrez comme c'est curieux.
Attention !
ne changez pas de couleur.
Je me sens mal à l'aise.
Cela prouve que vous auriez besoin de vous amuser.

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925) [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 Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "Le water-chute", 1914 [piano], from Sports et divertissements, no. 15, note: the text comes from remarks written in the score [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "The waterfall", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 46

The waterfall

Language: English after the French (Français)

If you have a strong heart, you won't
feel ill.
It will seem like you’re falling from
a scaffold.
You’ll see how strange it is.
Warning!
Don’t look so pale.
I feel uncomfortable.
This proves you need to have some fun.

Note for line 7: literally, "don't change color."

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 41