Pierrot
French source:
Théodore de Banville
Ayant fini les noces d’Arlequin,
Suit en songeant le boulevard du Temple.
Une fillette au souple casaquin
En vain l’agace de son œil coquin;
Et cependant mystérieuse et lisse
Faisant de lui sa plus chère délice,
La blanche lune aux cornes de taureau
Jette un regard de son œil en coulisse
À son ami Jean Gaspard Deburau.
Pierrot
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Having done with Harlequin’s wedding,
Drifts dreamily along the boulevard of the Temple.
A girl in a flowing blouse
Vainly leads him on with her teasing eyes;
And meanwhile, mysterious and sleek,
Cherishing him above all else,
The white moon with horns like a bull
Ogles her friend
Jean Gaspard Deburau.
Translations by Richard Stokes, from A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
Pierrot
French source:
Théodore de Banville
Pierrot
English source:
Richard Stokes
Le bon Pierrot, que la foule contemple,
Good old Pierrot, watched by the crowd,
Ayant fini les noces d’Arlequin,
Having done with Harlequin’s wedding,
Suit en songeant le boulevard du Temple.
Drifts dreamily along the boulevard of the Temple.
Une fillette au souple casaquin
A girl in a flowing blouse
En vain l’agace de son œil coquin;
Vainly leads him on with her teasing eyes;
Et cependant mystérieuse et lisse
And meanwhile, mysterious and sleek,
Faisant de lui sa plus chère délice,
Cherishing him above all else,
La blanche lune aux cornes de taureau
The white moon with horns like a bull
Jette un regard de son œil en coulisse
Ogles her friend
À son ami Jean Gaspard Deburau.
Jean Gaspard Deburau.
Composer
Claude Debussy
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Poet
Théodore de Banville
Théodore Faullain de Banville was a French poet and writer.
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Mastercourse Concert 28 Oct 2017
- Mastercourse Day One 23 Oct 2017