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Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
L'autre jour, sous l'ombrage,
Un jenne et beau pasteur
Racontait ainsi sa doleur
À l'écho plaintif du bocage !
À l'écho plaintif du bocage !
Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Que de chagrin marche à ta suite
Et pourquoi viens-tu si lentement
Et t'en retournes-tu si vite ?
Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Pourquoi, pourquoi, t'en retournes-tu si vite ?
Ma bergère m'oublie.
Amour, fais-moi mourir !
Quand on cesse de nous chérir,
Quel cruel fardeau que la vie.
Ma bergère hélas ! m'oublie !...
Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Que de chagrin marche à ta suite
Et pourquoi viens-tu si lentement
Et t'en retournes-tu si vite ?
Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Pourquoi, pourquoi, t'en retournes-tu si vite ?
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- ENG English (Rachel O'Connell) , title unknown, copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Rachel O'Connell
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-15
Line count: 22
Word count: 116
The other day, beneath the shadow
Language: English  after the French (Français)
The other day, beneath the shadow
A young and handsome shepherd
Remembered his sorrow
With the plaintive echo of the countryside!
Happiness is to be loved tenderly,
But the grief will follow along
And why do you come so slowly
And turn away so fast?
Happiness is to be loved tenderly,
Why, why, turn away so fast?
My shepherdess has forgotten me.
Love, make me die!
When one ceases to cherish us
What a cruel burden is life.
Happiness is to be loved tenderly,
But the grief will follow along
And why do you come so slowly
And turn away so fast?
Happiness is to be loved tenderly,
Why, why, turn away so fast?
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This text was added to the website: 2006-05-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 114