Chanson de la poire
French source:
René Morax
d'une poire
on la cueille
dans les feuilles
on la tape
tant et tant,
qu'elle en claque
en trois temps
d'une attaque
Il faut boire
à la poire
un bon coup.
Il faut boire
et c'est tout.
Song of the pear
(2019)
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Of a pear
You pick it
From the leaves
You tap it
Many times
So that it dies
In triple time
From a stroke
We must toast
The pear
And drink deeply.
We must drink
And that’s all.
Translation © by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder.
Chanson de la poire
French source:
René Morax
Song of the pear (2019)
English source:
Richard Stokes
C'est l'histoire
This is the story
d'une poire
Of a pear
on la cueille
You pick it
dans les feuilles
From the leaves
on la tape
You tap it
tant et tant,
Many times
qu'elle en claque
So that it dies
en trois temps
In triple time
d'une attaque
From a stroke
Il faut boire
We must toast
à la poire
The pear
un bon coup.
And drink deeply.
Il faut boire
We must drink
et c'est tout.
And that’s all.
Composer
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Read more here.
Poet
René Morax
René Morax was a Swiss writer, playwright, stage director and theatre manager.