by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
Le thé
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Miss Ellen, versez-moi le Thé Dans la belle tasse chinoise, Où des poissons d'or cherchent noise Au monstre rose épouvanté. J'aime la folle cruauté Des chimères qu'on apprivoise: Miss Ellen, versez-moi le Thé Dans la belle tasse chinoise. Là sous un ciel rouge irrité, Une dame fière et sournoise Montre en ses longs yeux de turquoise L'extase et la naïveté: Miss Ellen, versez-moi le Thé.
Text Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Le thé", appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 16, first published 1875 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Le thé", op. 1 (5 rondels [in fact, 6]) no. 3 (1890-1894), published [1896] [ voice and piano ], Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The tea", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 65