Locutions | Fresh as a rose

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by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Translation © by Victoria de Menil

Locutions

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

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.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Locutions", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Éd. La Sirène, 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 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]

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Line count: 10
Word count: 41

Locutions

Language: English after the French (Français)

 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.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Locutions", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 42