by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)
Le Pélican
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Le Capitaine Jonathan, Étant âgé de dix-huit ans, Capture un jour un pélican Dans une île d’Extrême-orient. Le pélican de Jonathan, Au matin, pond un œuf tout blanc Et il en sort un pélican Lui ressemblant étonnamment. Et ce deuxième pélican Pond à son tour, un œuf tout blanc D’où sort, inévitablement Un autre qui en fait autant. Cela peut durer pendant très longtemps Si l’on ne fait pas d’omelette avant.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "Le Pélican", appears in Pour les Enfants Sages, in Chantefables, no. 24, first published 1944 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Roger Albin (1920 - 2001), "Le Pélican", 1969?, published 1969 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Chantefables pour les enfants sages, no. 1, Éd. du Rideau Rouge (R 497 RC) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Barraud (1900 - 1997), "Le Pélican", op. 36 no. 3 (1945) [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit chantefables pour les enfants sages, no. 3, Éd. Françaises de Musique-Sofirad [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alphonse Stallaert (1920 - 1995), "Le Pélican", 1977, published c1980 [ soprano and piano ], from Internationale dierentuin, no. 3, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Wiéner (1896 - 1982), "Le Pélican", 1955 [ voice and piano ], from Trente Chantefables pour les Enfants Sages, no. 22, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Pelican", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-23
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Word count: 71