André ne connaît pas la dame Qu'il prend aujourd'hui par la main. A-t-elle un coeur à lendemains, Et pour le soir a-t-elle une âme? Au retour d'un bal campagnard S'en allait-elle en robe vague Chercher dans les meules la bague Des fiancailles du hasard? A-t-elle eu peur, la nuit venue, Guettée par les ombres d'hier, Dans son jardin, lorsque l'hiver Entrait par la grande avenue? Il l'a aimée pour sa couleur, Pour sa bonne humeur de Dimanche. Pâlira-t-elle aux feuilles blanches De son album des temps meilleurs?
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Text Authorship:
- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "La Dame d'André", written 1939, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 11, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939 [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "La Dame d'André", FP 101 no. 1 (1939), first performed 1942 [ soprano and piano ], from Fiançailles pour rire, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "Andre's lady", copyright © 2012, (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.
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