The undecided | Anastasia, don't listen

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

L'Irrésolue

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

N'écoute pas, Anastasie,
Ce discours qui te trouble.
Repousse ces colliers d'Asie
Ces bagues et ces roubles.
Le bras s'empourpre à l'aventure
Aux champs de Volhynie
Qui sera la rouge ceinture
De tes hanches unies?

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

Text Authorship:

by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "L'Irrésolue", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 7, 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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "L'Irrésolue", op. 55 no. 6 (1919), published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Soirées de Pétrograde, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The undecided", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 35

The undecided

Language: English after the French (Français)

 Anastasia, don't listen 
 to this speech which troubles you. 
 Reject these Asian necklaces, 
 rings and rubles. 
 The arm grows crimson in the adventures 
 of the field of Volhynie. 
 Who will be the scarlet belt 
 around your hips?

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "L'Irrésolue", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 7, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 38