by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944)
Irène
Language: French (Français)
Le Lord prévôt d'Edimbourg Dit que l'amour est chimère Mais un jour il perd sa mère Ses larmes coulent toujours Irène petite Irène l'Amour c'est la grande peine.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944), appears in Suzanne et le pacifique, first published 1922 [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), "Irène", H. 148 no. 4 (1941), published 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from Petit cours de morale, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Irène", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Irene", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 28