Rosemonde
Language: French (Français)
Longtemps au pied du perron de
La maison où entra la dame
Que j'avais suivie pendant deux
Bonnes heures à Amsterdam
Mes doigts jetèrent des baisers
Mais le canal était désert
Le quai aussi et nul ne vit
Comment mes baisers retrouvèrent
Celle à qui j'ai donné ma vie
Un jour pendant plus de deux heures
Je la surnommai Rosemonde
Voulant pouvoir me rappeller
Sa bouche fleurie en Hollande
Puis lentement je [m'en allai]1
Pour quêter la Rose du Monde
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1 Poulenc: "m'allai"
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- ENG English (Derek Welton) , "Rosemonde", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 80
Rosemonde
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Long I stood, at the foot of the steps of
The house where the lady had entered,
Whom I had followed for two
Good hours in Amsterdam
My fingers threw kisses
But the canal was deserted
The quay also, and nobody saw
How my kisses again found
Her to whom I had given my life
One day, for more than two hours
I called her Rosemonde
Wanting to be able to recall
Her flowery mouth in Holland
Then, slowly, I went
To seek the Rose of the World.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2007 by Derek Welton, (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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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-09
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Word count: 88