Mandoline Flashcards
Et les belles ecouteuses
And the lovely women who listen
Les donneurs de serenades
The givers of serenades
Exchanget des propos fades
Exchange insipid words
Sous les ramures chanteuses
Under the singing branches
C’est Tircis et c’est Aminte
There is Thyrsis and Amyntas
Et c’est l’eternel Clitandre
And there is the eternal Clytander
Et c’est Damis qui pour mainte cruelle
And there is Damis who, for many a heartless woman
Fit maint vers tendre
Wrote many a tender verse
Leurs Cortes vestes de soie
Their short silk coats
Leurs longues robes a ques
Their long dresses with trains
Leurs elegance, leur joir
Their elegance, their joy
Et les molles ombres bleues
And their soft blue shadows
Tourbillonnent dans l’extase
Whirl around in the ecstasy
D’une lune rose et grise
Of a pink and grey moon
Et la mandoline jase
And the mandoline prattles