The passepied | It is for your mouth

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by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Le passe‑pied

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Tircis:
 C’est pour la bouche
 Que je me meurs.
Clymène:
 L’air qui les touche
 Fane les fleurs.

T:
 Une odeur rôde
 Dans tes cheveux.
C:
 Ta lèvre est chaude
 Comme tes voeux.

T:
 Je suis ta robe
 De bras hardis.
C:
 Elle dérobe
 Un paradis.

T:
 Porte de soie
 Je l’ouvrirai!
C:
 J’ai peur qu’on voie
 Qu’on est entré.

T: 
 Huis et cloture
 Sout superflus.
C:
 Las! la serrure
 Ne ferme plus.

(C:)
 Et vers un autre
 Où le jour n’entre
 Qu’en rougissant
 Tant pour s’étendre
 S’offre un lit tendre
 Et caressant
 De mousse souple,
 L’amoureux couple
 Fuit en dansant!

Text Authorship:

by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Le passe-pied ", written 1895, appears in La Grive des Vignes, in 4. Dédicaces, Ballet ancien, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Librairie Charpentier, first published 1895 [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 Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857 - 1934), "Le passe-pied", published [1895] [medium voice and piano], from Six chansons à danser, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Choudens [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The passepied", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-12
Line count: 40
Word count: 100

The passepied

Language: English after the French (Français)

Tircis:
 It is for your mouth
 That I am dying.
Clymène:
 The air that touches them
 Wilts the flowers.

T:
 An odor roams
 Through your hair.
C:
 Your lips are hot
 Like your desires.

T:
 I am your dress
 With bold arms.
C:
 She steals
 A paradise.

T:
 Door of silk,
 I will open it!
C:
 I am afraid to see
 Who entered.

T:
 Front door and fence
 Are superfluous.
C:
 There! the lock
 Does not close anymore.

(C:)
 And toward another
 Where the day does not come
 That in blushing
 So much to extend
 He offers a soft bed
 And caressing
 With supple foam,
 The amorous couple
 Escapes in dancing!

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Le passe-pied ", written 1895, appears in La Grive des Vignes, in 4. Dédicaces, Ballet ancien, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Librairie Charpentier, first published 1895
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This text was added to the website: 2019-01-11
Line count: 40
Word count: 111