És per anar al ball | És per anar al ball

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by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

C'est pour aller au bal

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

C’est pour aller au bal,
au bal, au bal, au baïkal allah!
au bal allah à la balalaïka

Rades du tyran
terre du Levant
Baron du devant tirades

nomme azur ce que
la dame mazurke
je t’assure que
cette danse est turque nomades

Est-ce bal à bord
Est-ce bu en bottes
on chante un foxtrotte
les phoques se trottent
faux nègres et, fausses notes

Escouade
Pars à des requins
que fait Arlequin
Pars en rat, pas rare sequin
repas rare Parade

C’est pour aller au bal,
au bal, au bal, au baïkal allah!
au bal allah à la balalaïka

Text Authorship:

by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), appears in Ballades, first published 1938 [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), "C'est pour aller au bal", FP. 22 no. 2 [ baritone and woodwinds ], from Quatre poèmes de Max Jacob, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "It’s time to go to the ball", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Laura Stanfield Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-04
Line count: 23
Word count: 99

És per anar al ball

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

És per anar al ball,
al ball, al ball, al Baikal al·là!
al ball al·là a la balalaica

Cales del tirà
terra del Llevant
Baró de tirades davant 

anomena atzur allò que
la senyora masurca
t’asseguro que
aquesta dansa és de turcs nòmades

És un ball a bord
Estar begut amb botes
cantem un foxtrot
les foques troten
negres falsos i falses notes 

Escamot
Marxa als taurons
que fa l'Arlequí
Marxa com una rata, no com un rar sequí
torna a passar rara desfilada

És per anar al ball,
al ball, al ball, al Baikal al·là!
al ball al·là a la balalaica

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), appears in Ballades, first published 1938
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-23
Line count: 23
Word count: 102