Violin | Amorous couple of unknown accents

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by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969)

Translation © by Laura Claycomb

Violon

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG ITA

Couple amoureux aux accents méconnus
Le violon et son joueur me plaisent.
Ah! j'aime ces gémissements tendus
Sur la corde des malaises.
Aux accords sur les cordes des pendus
À l'heure où les Lois se taisent
Le coeur en forme de fraise
S'offre à l'amour comme un fruit inconnu.

Text Authorship:

by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Violon", written 1939, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 30, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939 [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), "Violon", FP 101 no. 5 (1939), first performed 1942 [ soprano and piano ], from Fiançailles pour rire, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Violí", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "Violin", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Violino", copyright © 2016, (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: 8
Word count: 49

Violin

Language: English after the French (Français)

Amorous couple of unknown accents,
The violin and his player please me.
Ah! I love these taut moanings
on the chord of malaises.
To the chords [played] on the cords of the hanged,
in the hour where the Law hushes,
the heart, in the form of a strawberry
offers itself to love like an unknown fruit.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Violon", written 1939, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 30, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 56