The warning | Don’t run so fast

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Singable translation by Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928)

Translation © by Dr Melissa Givens

L’avertissment

Language: French (Français) after the Italian - Venetian (dialect)

Our translations: 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.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928), "L’avertissment" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) by Pietro Buratti (1772 - 1832)
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ENG English (Melissa Givens) , "The warning", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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..

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2020 by Dr Melissa Givens, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Maurice Léna (1859 - 1928), "L’avertissment"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) by Pietro Buratti (1772 - 1832)
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2020-09-14
Line count: 28
Word count: 108