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by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947)
Translation © by Peter Low

La grenouille américaine
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
La grenouille américaine
Me regarde par-dessus
Ses bésicles du futaine.
Ses yeux sont des grogs massus
Dépourvus de jolitaine.
Je pense à Casadesus
Qui n'a pas fait de musique
Sur cette scène d'amour
Dont le parfum nostalgique
Sort d'une boîte d'Armour.

Argus de table tu gardes
L'âme du crapaud Vanglor
Ô bouillon qui me regardes
Avec tes lunettes d'or.

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "The American frog", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 59

The American frog
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
 The Amaiwican Fwoggy
 ogles me from over his
 spectacles of green and yellow.
 Eyes he has, eye-normous globes
 utterly lacking in prettinizz.
 I think of Casa de Susic
 who has never once made music
 in this amorous boudoir
 which reeks of odours nostalgic
 out of a candy-jar.
 
 You are an Argus, the bearer
 of the soul of Todis Rex,
 oh you bubble-ogle starer
 eyeing me through golden specs.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 68