Cécile
French source:
Jean Giraudoux
Vous attire avec des fleurs...
Puis vous inonde d'odeurs...
Bientôt sa pipe est votre astre!
Du lys au pavot, Cécile,
La route, hélas! est docile.
Cécile
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Attracts you with flowers...
Then smothers you with fragrances...
Soon his pipe's your guiding star!
From lillies to poppies, Cécile,
The path, alas, is an easy one.
Translation © Richard Stokes, from A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
Cécile
French source:
Jean Giraudoux
Cécile
English source:
Richard Stokes
Le grand Chinois de Lancastre
The great Chinaman of Lancaster
Vous attire avec des fleurs...
Attracts you with flowers...
Puis vous inonde d'odeurs...
Then smothers you with fragrances...
Bientôt sa pipe est votre astre!
Soon his pipe's your guiding star!
Du lys au pavot, Cécile,
From lillies to poppies, Cécile,
La route, hélas! est docile.
The path, alas, is an easy one.
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.
