10/18/23

"L'amour de Piroutcha" (Messiaen, Harawi No. 5)

Michelle Mariposa, mezzo-soprano

Chuck Foster, piano

Recorded live

Galvin Recital Hall

May 14, 2023

L'amour de Piroutcha

No. 5, from Harawi: Chant d'amour et de mort

Olivier Messiaen

(La Jeune Fille)

“Toungou, ahi, toungou,

toungou, berce, toi,

ma cendre des lumières,

berce ta petite en tes bras verts.

Piroutcha, ta petite cendre, pour toi.”

(Le Jeune Homme)

“Ton oeil tous les ciels, doundou tchil.

Coupe-moi la tête doundou tchil.

Nos souffles, nos souffles, bleu et or.

Ahi! Ahi!

Chaînes rouges, noires, mauves, amour, la mort.”

(The Young Girl)

“Toungou, ahi, toungou,

toungou, lull, you,

my ash of lights,

lull your small girl in your green arms.

Piroutcha, your own little ash, for you.”

(The Young Man)

“Your eye, all the heavens, doundou tchil.

Cut my head off, doundou tchil.

Our breaths, our breaths, blue and gold.

Ahi! Ahi!

Chains of red, black, mauve, love, death.”

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