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by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Nicolette
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Nicolette, à la vesprée,
S'allait promener au pré,
Cueillir la pâquerette, 
la jonquille et le muguet,
Toute sautillante, toute guillerette,
Lorgnant ci, là de tous les côtés.

Rencontra vieux loup grognant,
Tout hérissé, l'œil brillant;
Hé là! ma Nicolette, 
viens tu pas chez Mère Grand?
A perte d'haleine, s'enfuit Nicolette,
Laissant là cornette et socques blancs.

Rencontra page joli,
Chausses bleues et pourpoint gris,
"Hé là! ma Nicolette, 
veux tu pas d'un doux ami?
Sage, s'en retourna, très lentement, 
le cœur bien marri.

Rencontra seigneur chenu,
Tors, laid, puant et ventru
"Hé là! ma Nicolette,
veux tu pas tous ces écus?
Vite fut en ses bras, bonne Nicolette
Jamais au pré n'est plus revenue.

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Nicolette", M. 69 no. 1 (1914-1915), published 1916 [ SATB chorus ], from Trois chansons, no. 1, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 2 times]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Nicolette", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Nicolette", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 114

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