Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG GER GER
Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite,
Joyeux alors, je sens un doux émoi;
Si la douleur t'accable, Marguerite,
Je pleure alors comme toi.
Comme deux fleurs sur une même tige,
Notre destin suivait le même cours;
De tes chagrins en frère je m'afflige;
Comme une soeur je t'aimerai toujours!
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Margarete", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 8
Word count: 49
Marguerite
Language: English  after the French (Français)
If happiness makes you smile,
In ready joy I too feel sweet delight;
If despair loads you down, Marguerite,
I at once weep like you.
Like two blossoms on one stem,
Our destiny follows the same line;
Yours sorrows are mine as if I were your brother;
I will always love you as if you were my sister!
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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 58