by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Madame
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
O Madame voilà ce qu'il faudrait comprendre vous me dites toujours que vous aimez le beau le beau qui ça ? le beau Léandre...
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), 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), "Madame", H. 51 no. 6 (1923), published 1924, from Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Madam", copyright © 2024, (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.
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Word count: 23