Guitars and mandolines | Guitars and mandolines

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by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Guitares et mandolines

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Guitares et mandolines
Ont des sons qui font aimer.
Tout en croquant des pralines
Pépa se laisse charmer
Quand, jetant dièses, bécarres,
Mandolines et guitares
Vibrent pour la désarmer.

Mandoline avec guitare
Accompagnent de leur bruit
Les amants suivant le phare
De la beauté dans la nuit.
Et Juana montre, féline,
(Guitare avec mandoline)
Sa bouche et son oeil qui luit.

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Text Authorship:

by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "En Espagne", written 1890, appears in Rimes familières, in 3. Poésies diverses, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Calmann Lévy, first published 1890 [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 Gabriel Grovlez (1879 - 1944), "Guitares et mandolines", 1912, published 1913, first performed 1913 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Guitares et mandolines", 1890, published 1890 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Guitars and mandolines", copyright © 2016

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 61

Guitars and mandolines

Language: English after the French (Français)

Guitars and mandolines
Have a sound that inspires love.
Crunching on pralines,
Pépa allows herself to be charmed
When, throwing sharps and flats,
Mandolines and guitars
Resonate to disarm her.

Mandoline with guitar
Escort with their sound
Those lovers following the beacon
Of beauty in the night;
And Juana reveals, cat-like,
(Guitar with mandoline)
Her mouth and shining eye.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "En Espagne", written 1890, appears in Rimes familières, in 3. Poésies diverses, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Calmann Lévy, first published 1890
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 59