Description
This version of Malgré Moi is an arrangement for saxophone quintet of the original duet (also available on this site)
For information, the poem (with my translation) on which the music is based goes as follows:
EmbauchĂ© malgrĂ© moi … Taken on, against my will,
dans l’usine Ă idĂ©es … at the thought factory,
j’ai refusĂ© de pointer …I refused to clock on
MobilisĂ© de mĂŞme … Conscripted just the same
dans l’armĂ©e des idĂ©es …into the thought army
j’ai dĂ©sertĂ© …I deserted
Je n’ai jamais compris …I’ve never understood
grand-chose …important things
Il n’y a jamais ….There is never
grand-chose …important things
ni petite chose …nor little details
Il y a autre chose. …there’s something else
Autre chose …something else
c’est ce que j’aime …that’s what I like
qui me plaĂ®t …what pleases me
et que je fais. …and what I do
EmbauchĂ© malgrĂ© moi …Taken on, against my will…