A Votive Offering | All around the Blessed Virgin

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by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Ex‑voto

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Autour de la Sainte Vierge
il fait chaud ce sont les cierges 
On se trouve toujours heureux 
Dans un vase de loterie bleu
Dessus le prénom des morts
Est inscrit en lettres d'or.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Ex-voto", written 1920?, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920 [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 Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Ex-voto", H. 51 no. 4 (1923), published 1924, from Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "A Votive Offering", copyright © 2024, (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: 6
Word count: 33

A Votive Offering

Language: English after the French (Français)

All around the Blessed Virgin
it is warm it's the candles 
One feels totally fortunate 
To see this prized blue vase
Upon it, the names of the dead
Are inscribed in letters of gold.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Ex-voto", written 1920?, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 34