Pleure, pauvre Colette

Auprés de moi Colette
Hier se désola. 
En pleurant la pauvrette
De ses maux me parla.
Pleure, pauvre Colette !
L'amour est toujours là.

Colin à la fillette 
Sincère amour jura ;
Mais pour une coquette
Colin l'abandonna.
Pleure, pauvre Colette !
L'amour est toujours là.

Hélas ! tendre Colette,
Que faire à tout cela ?
Il faudrait, bergerette,
Fuir ce per fidele là.
Pleure, pauvre Colette,
L'amour est toujours là.

Encor triste et muette,
Bergère soupira ; 
Toujours de sa défaite
Colette gémira. 
Pleure, pauvre Colette !
L'amour est toujours là.

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Authorship

• by Jean-Marc Bourgery (1797 - 1849) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), "Pleure, pauvre Colette", 1822. [vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Cry, poor Colette", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Cry, poor Colette

Close to me, Colette
Was depressed yesterday.
In crying, the poor girl
Told me of her ills.
Cry, poor Colette!
Love is always there.

Colin to the girl
Sincere love swore;
But for a coquette
Colin abandoned her.
Cry, poor Colette!
Love is always there.

Alas! tender Colette,
What to do then?
You must, little shepherdess,
Flee from that traitor.
Cry, poor Colette!
Love is always there.

Again sad and mute,
The shepherdess sighed;
Always her defeat
Colette will moan.
Cry, poor Colette!
Love is always there.

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• a text in French (Français) by Jean-Marc Bourgery (1797 - 1849)
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Hector Berlioz. Go to the text.

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