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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Le Serpent
Language: French (Français)  after the Arabic (العربية) 
Elle était assise sur mes genoux, 
j'avais glissé ma main sous sa robe. 
D'une voix in- différente, je parlais des troupeaux,
des chiens agiles, des pâturages.
Ses jambes étaient lisses et fermes.
Enfin, elle parut s'apercevoir que je la caressais.
« Il y a un serpent sous ma robe ! dit-elle en riant.
— Justement, lui ai-je répondu, je le cherche...

Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des Caresses, 73e édition, Paris : L'édition d'art H. Piazza, 1921, p.48


Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le Serpent", written 1911?, appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 46, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

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

  • by Piero Coppola (1888 - 1971), "Le Serpent", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from Dix Poèmes Arabes extraits du Jardin des caresses de Franz Toussaint, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-02-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 60

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