Si tu veux une fiole jolie Et fine comme une fillette arabe Petite fille aux chères folies Petite amoureuse adorable. Si tu veux une fiole d'argile peinte et d'argent ciselé, mignonne, La voici pour y mettre la myrrhe et mainte autre odeur d'héliotrope d'automne. Maintenant, parfume notre lit de violette, Et tes lèvres amoureuses d'iris, Et brûle dans une cassolette, Cet étrange ambre gris qui nous grise. Mais garde pour demain Cette fiole mystérieuse de myrrhe, Ces essences de rose et de jasmin, Et laisse-moi ce soir dormir Dans l'or embaumé de tes boucles, Plus douces que tous les sachets d'Engaddi, Avec la féerique fleur de ton corps souple Entre mes bras de magicien maudit.
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Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson d'Engaddi", appears in Schéhérazade, first published 1903 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Chanson d'Engaddi", op. 56 no. 1 (1914-1916), first performed 1922 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies sur des poésies extraites de la "Shéhérazade" de T. Klingsor (1er Recueil), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Song at Engaddi", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Lied aus En Gedi", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Marc Lerique-Koechlin [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-03
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