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by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Miel de Narbonne
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Use ton coeur. Les clowns fleurissent du crottin d'or
Dormir! Un coup d'orteils: on vole.
Volez-vous jouer avec moa?
Moabite, dame de la croix-bleue. Caravane.
Vanille, Poivre, Confitures de tamarin.
Marin, cou, le pompon, moustaches, mandoline.
Linoléum en trompe-l'oeil. Merci.
CINÉMA, nouvelle muse.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) [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), "Miel de Narbonne", FP. 16 (1919), published 1920 [ high voice and orchestra or piano ], from Cocardes, no. 1, Les Éditions de la Sirène [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Narbonne Honey", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

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