Pour aller aux noces de son filleul Qui épouse la princesse d'Engaddi, Mignonne Yrsiz, la fée d'amour, N'a pris ni son carrosse de feuilles, Ni sa robe de roses de Timour, Ni sa toque d'oiseau de paradis. Elle a mis son mantelet d'hermine À la longue queue soyeuse et fine, Une rose à sa lèvre qui sourit, Et s'est sauvée fort satisfaite de sa mine En son déguisement de souris. Et là-bas au carrefour, Jolie et curieuse souris blanche Sur l'épaule d'un mendiant, Elle regarde les pages qui se déhanchent Comme des guêpes autour De son filleul souriant, En leurs armets et leurs atours.
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1903, pages 66-67.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Les Noces", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [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 Maurice Fouret (1888 - 1962), "Les Noces", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies de Maurice Fouret sur des paroles de T. Klingsor, no. 6, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
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