Singable translation by
Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928)
L’avertissment
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian - Venetian (dialect)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ne cours si vite,
Galant que tente
La belle et gente qu’on voit ici.
Certes j’accorde
Qu’au ciel sans voile
Même l’étoile ne vaut ceci.
Mais...
Mais… La Belle que voilà te meurtrira.
Sa bouche est fraîche,
Aux fleurs pareille;
Niche l’abeille
En ses cheveux;
Au sein d’ivoire
Fleurit la rose;
Le ciel respose
En ses doux yeux.
Mais…
Mais… La Belle que voilà te meurtrira.
Ces yeux célestes,
S’ils nous regardent,
Soudain poignardent
Nos pauvres coeurs!
Dans son manège
Elle marie
La fourberie
A la douceur.
Mais…
Mais… La Belle que voilà te meurtrira.
From a Hahn score, Paris: Heugel & Cie, 1901.
Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) by Pietro Buratti (1772 - 1832)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Melissa Givens) , "The warning", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2020-09-14
Line count: 28
Word count: 95
The warning
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Don’t run so fast,
Young lover who tries to woo
The beautiful and sweet women one sees here.
Of course, I agree
That to the unveiled sky
Even a star does not have such worth.
But…
But… this Beauty here will wound you.
Her mouth is as fresh,
As the flowers;
Bees nest
In her hair;
Roses bloom
On her ivory breast;
Heaven finds its rest
In her gentle eyes.
But…
But… this Beauty here will wound you.
If those heavenly eyes,
look upon us,
They suddenly stab
Our poor hearts!
In her little game
She weds
Deceit
To sweetness.
But…
But… this Beauty here will wound you..
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928), "L’avertissment"
Based on:
- a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) by Pietro Buratti (1772 - 1832)
This text was added to the website: 2020-09-14
Line count: 28
Word count: 108