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by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Poète et ténor

Language: French (Français)

Available translation(s): ENG

     Poète et ténor
   L'oriflamme au nord
      Je chante la mort.
      Poète et tambour
      Natif de Colliour
     Je chante l'amour.
        Poète et marin
     Versez-moi du vin
Versez ! versez ! Je divulgue
    Le secret des algues.
       Poète et chrétien
  Le Christ est mon bien
     Je ne dis plus rien.

Authorship:

by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), "Poète et ténor", appears in Ballades, first published 1938 [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Poète et ténor", FP. 22 no. 3 [baritone and woodwinds], from Quatre poèmes de Max Jacob, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Poet and tenor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 49

Poet and tenor

Language: English after the French (Français)

Poet and tenor
   The banner of the north
      I sing of death.
      Poet and drum
      Native of Collioure
     I sing of love.
      Poet and mariner
     Pour me some wine
Pour! Pour! I divulge
    The secret of algae.
       Poet and Christian
  Christ is my witness
     I won’t say any more.

Note: Collioure is a southern French coastal city on the Mediterranean Sea, near the Spanish border

Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2018 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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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), "Poète et ténor", appears in Ballades, first published 1938

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-04
Line count: 13
Word count: 49