Take your turns | Take your turns, animals

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by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960)

Translation © by Peter Low

Chacun son tour

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Chacun son tour, les animaux,
J'apporte remède à vos maux.
Et pendant que vous mangerez,
Vous criorez être délivrés!
 
Vache, c'est pour ton pis,
Cheval, pour mieux hennir,
Lion, pour ta crinière
Et serpent, pour ton bien,
Eléphant, pour ta trompe,
Pour tes ailes, oiseau,
Bête de fantasie, c'est pour ta poésie!
 
Et pendant que vous mangerez,
Vous croirez être délivrés.

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Text Authorship:

by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960) [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Chacun son tour", op. 151b no. 4 (1936), published 1954 [ soprano and piano ], from Six chansons de théâtre, no. 4, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Peter Low) , "Take your turns", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Hillary LaBonte

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-22
Line count: 13
Word count: 61

Take your turns

Language: English after the French (Français)

Take your turns, animals,
I bring relief for your ills.
And while you're eating
you will think you've been healed!

Cow, it's for your udder,
horse, to improve your neigh,
lion, for your mane
and snake, for your welfare,
elephant, for your trunk,
bird, for your wings
and fantasy beast, it's for your poetry!

And while you're eating
you will think you've been healed!

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960)
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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 64