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Ça n'a pas mordu, ce soir, mais je rapporte une rare émotion. Comme je tenais ma perche de ligne tendue, un martin-pêcheur est venu s'y poser. Nous n'avons pas d'oiseau plus éclatant. Il semblait une grosse fleur bleue au bout d'une longue tige. La perche pliait sous le poids. Je ne respirais plus, tout fier d'être pris pour un arbre par un martin-pêcheur. Et je suis sûr qu'il ne s'est pas envolé de peur, mais qu'il a cru qu'il ne faisait que passer d'une branche à une autre.
Text Authorship:
- by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le martin-pêcheur", appears in Histoires naturelles, first published 1894 [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 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Le martin-pêcheur", M. 50 no. 4 (1906), published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Histoires naturelles, no. 4, Paris: Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El martinet", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "The kingfisher", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kuningaskalastaja", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Eisvogel", copyright © 2017, (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: 13
Word count: 88
No he pescat res aquesta nit, però me n'he endut una rara emoció. Mentre subjectava la canya ben tensa, un martinet s'hi va posar. No hi ha ocell més impressionant. Semblava una gran flor blava al capdamunt d'una llarga tija. La canya es va doblegar sota el pes. Vaig contenir la respiració, tan orgullós de ser pres per un arbre per un martinet. I estic segur que no va volar per por, sinó que pensava que simplement passava d'una branca a una altra.
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- 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 Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le martin-pêcheur", appears in Histoires naturelles, first published 1894
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 83