Music files
- (Posted 2002-10-18) CPDL #04109: (Finale 2002)
- Editor: Daniel Buxeda Rodriguez (submitted 2002-10-18). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Fumeux fume par fumee
Composer: Solage
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: BBB
Genre: Secular, Rondeaux
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
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Original text and translations
French text
Fumeux fume par fumée
Fumeuse spéculation.
Qu'entre fumet sa pensée
Fumeux fume par fumée.
Car fumer moult lui agrée
Tant qu'il ait son entention.
Fumeux fume par fumée
Fumeuse spéculation.
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English translation
A smoker smolders smokily
In smoky speculation.
Thus he steeps his thoughts in smoke.
A smoker smolders smokily.
For it suits him well to smoke
Until he gets his way.
A smoker smolders smokily
In smoky speculation.
Alternate translations, based on differing meanings of the word "Fumeux":
Grumpy grumbles grumpily
In grumpy speculation.
His thoughts are fogged by grumpiness.
Grumpy grumbles grumpily.
For it suits him well to gripe
Until he gets his way.
Grumpy grumbles grumpily
In grumpy speculation.
The grouch fumes wrathfully
In wrathful speculation.
His thoughts are fogged by wrath.
The grouch fumes wrathfully.
For its suits him well to fume
Until he gets his way.
The grouch fumes wrathfully
In wrathful speculation.
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