Les Soirées de Pétrograde

Pourquoi, Princesse de Ballet, 
Refuses-tu ta bouche?
Le coulisses du Châtelet
Sont elles si farouches?
Tu n'étais jadis à Moscou
Que fille de cuisine,
Les chauffeurs te baisaient au cou
Qui sentaient la benzine.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "L'Orgueilleuse", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 1, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The Old Régime: The Proud One", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Ma tourterelle, mon amie
Suit des cours au Gymnase;
Combinant acides et bases
Elle apprend la chimie.
Elle sera prostituée
Et jettera des bombes
Car le sang des reines tuées
Est doux à ma colombe.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "La Révoltée", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 2, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The Revolutionary", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Le grand Turc apprend ce qu'il cuit
Aux Kurdes en déroute.
Quand le jeune hetman les poursuit
Par les gorges sans route.
Mais son regard devient dément
Lorsqu'aux hordes soumises
Le vainqueur, changeant de chemise,
Montre deux seins charmants.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "La Martiale", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 3, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The martial one", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Ô Catherine Ivanowna,
Ô ma douce colombe,
Quitte ce vieux banquier qui n'a
Déjà qu'odeur de tombe.
On jase dans tout le district
De nos mains désunies.
Songe à mon cœur fidèle et strict,
À sa peine infinie.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "L'Infidèle", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 5, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The faithless one", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Qu'elle était donc tentatrice
Lors du bal au Palais d'Hiver
La gorge de l'Ambassadrice
Sous l'écharpe en tulle vert!
Ce fut, à son gré, lécole
Buissonnière en plus d'un cas
Sous le manteau du Protocole
Pendant quatre mazurkas.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "La Perverse", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 6, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The perverse one", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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N'écoute pas, Anastasie,
Ce discours qui te trouble.
Repousse ces colliers d'Asie
Ces bagues et ces roubles.
Le bras s'empourpre à l'aventure
Aux champs de Volhynie
Qui sera la rouge ceinture
De tes hanches unies?

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "L'Irrésolue", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 1. L'Ancien Régime, no. 7, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The undecided", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Qu'un jour à la gare Alexandre,
Rentrant de Sibérie,
La foule la verrait descendre
D'un sleeping-car fleuri,
Eût-elle rêvé d'aventure
Cet accueil amical
Durant sa villégiature
Aux bords du Baïkal?

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "La Grand-Mère de la Révolution", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 9, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The Revolution: The Grandmother of the Revolution", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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C'est vous qu'au Palais de Tauride,
Fineste privilège,
J'évoque par ce jour torride,
Princesse de collège.

J'oublie
Ouvriers et Soldats
Pour vous, Iphigénie,
Et la fraicheur de ce soda
Me parait infinie.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "Les journées d'août", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 10, first published 1920

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "August days", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Regardez ce Monsieur qui va
Monter en limousine
Et cause avec Viroubova
Que l'on dit sa cousine.
L'Esprit l'a comblé de ses dons
Et parle en sa parole;
Il enchante les guéridons
Et charme les consoles.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "Monsieur Protopopoff", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 11, first published 1920

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Elles t'aiment plus que la vie;
Tu les mettrais au désespoir
Si tu ne venais pas ce soir
Au souper où je te convie.
Viens.
Il y aura sous mon toit
Les plus belles de tes compagnes,
Des roses rouges du champagne
Et une surprise pour toi.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "Le Convive", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 12, first published 1920

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Sous la neige, la Rolls Royce
S'arrête le long du quai.
Ah! l'étrange, le lourd paquet
Qu'ils cachent sous leurs pelisses!

Aux cent cloches de la Néva,
Tandis que sonnent matines,
Le très saint moine Raspoutine
Docile au destin s'en va.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "La Limousine", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 13, first published 1920

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Le soir vient; la bise têtue
Dévaste les bouleaux;
La voix des fontaines s'est tue
A Tsarkoie Selo.
Poursuivant son ombre qu'allonge
Le couchant solennel,
Erre dans le palais de songe
Un pâle colonel.

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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "Le Colonel Romanoff", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 15, first published 1920

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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).

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Song Cycle by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)

Translated to:

1. L'Orgueilleuse
(Sung text)

2. La Révoltée
(Sung text)

3. La Martiale
(Sung text)

4. L'Infidèle
(Sung text)

5. La Perverse
(Sung text)

6. L'Irrésolue
(Sung text)

7. La Grand‑Mère de la Révolution
(Sung text)

8. Les Journées d'août
(Sung text)

9. Monsieur Protopopoff
(Sung text)

10. Le Convive
(Sung text)

11. La Limousine
(Sung text)

12. Le Colonel Romanoff
(Sung text)

Les Soirées de Pétrograde

Song Cycle by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)

Translated to:

1. L'Orgueilleuse (Sung text)

2. La Révoltée (Sung text)

3. La Martiale (Sung text)

4. L'Infidèle (Sung text)

5. La Perverse (Sung text)

6. L'Irrésolue (Sung text)

7. La Grand‑Mère de la Révolution (Sung text)

8. Les Journées d'août (Sung text)

9. Monsieur Protopopoff (Sung text)

10. Le Convive (Sung text)

11. La Limousine (Sung text)

12. Le Colonel Romanoff (Sung text)

1. L'Orgueilleuse
(Sung text)

2. La Révoltée
(Sung text)

3. La Martiale
(Sung text)

4. L'Infidèle
(Sung text)

5. La Perverse
(Sung text)

6. L'Irrésolue
(Sung text)

7. La Grand‑Mère de la Révolution
(Sung text)

8. Les Journées d'août
(Sung text)

9. Monsieur Protopopoff
(Sung text)

10. Le Convive
(Sung text)

11. La Limousine
(Sung text)

12. Le Colonel Romanoff
(Sung text)