by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944)
Réparateur perclus de vieux automobiles
Language: French (Français)
Réparateur perclus de vieux automobiles, l'anachorète, hélas, a regagné son nid. Par ma barbe, je suis trop vieillard pour Paris ; l'angle de tes maisons m'entre dans les chevilles. Mon gilet quadrillé a, dit-on, l'air étrusque et mon chapeau marron va mal avec mes frusques. Avis, c'est un placard qu'on a mis sur ma porte: Dans ce logis tout sent la peau de chèvre morte.
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Text Authorship:
- by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), "Autres personnages du Bal Masqué: Réparateur perclus de vieux automobiles", written 1920, appears in Le Laboratoire central, Paris, Éd. Au Sans Pareil, first published 1921 [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), "Finale", FP 60 no. 6 (1932), first performed 1932 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from Le bal masqué: Cantate Profane, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , "Finale", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Finale", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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