Polka | Sirocco, pretty, warm-wind

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by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Translation © by Victoria de Menil

Polka

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Sirocco, joli vent chaud,
Mets tes espadrilles,
Entre dans la chambre en chaux
De la jeune fille;
Fais-la sortir de son lit
Et se chercher un mari,
Dans la ville de Paris,
Loin de sa famille.

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Note: an unpublished poem given to Durey by Cocteau.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), written 1919? [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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Polka", op. 23 no. 2 (1919), published 1927 [ medium voice, string quartet or wind quartet and piano ], from Chansons basques, no. 2, La Sirène Musicale [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "Polka", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Polka", copyright © 2015, (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: 8
Word count: 36

Polka

Language: English after the French (Français)

 Sirocco, pretty, warm-wind
 Put on your espadrilles
 Come into the white-washed room
 Of the young girl;
 Make her get out of bed
 And look for a husband
 In the city of Paris
 Far from her family.

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a text in French (Français) by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), written 1919?
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37