Fraîche comme une rose
Sage comme une image
Votre cœur
en forme de cœur
C'est bien rare !
Franc comme l'or
Rosa la rose
Toutes les roses perdent leurs joues
sur le tapis, combien de masques ?
Je suis pâle comme la mort.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Locutions", H. 51 no. 2 (1920), published 1924, from Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maxime Jacob (1906 - 1977), "Locutions", 1925, published 1926 [ high voice and piano ], from Six Poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 1, Éd. Jean Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "Locutions", copyright ©, (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: 10
Word count: 41
Fresh as a rose
Good as gold
Your heart
In the form of a heart
That's very rare!
Frank as gold
Rosa the rose
All the roses lose their cheeks
On the carpet, how many masks?
I am pale as death.
