Songs
Cécile
(1941)
H.148
Part of a series or song cycle:
Petit cours de morale (H.148)
Cécile
Le grand Chinois de Lancastre
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
The great Chinaman of Lancaster
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.
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Composer
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris.
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