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by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799)

Vous l'ordonnez, je me ferai connaître
Language: French (Français) 
Vous l'ordonnez, je me ferai connaître. 
Plus inconnu, j'osais vous adorer: 
En me nommant, que pourrais-je espérer? 
N'importe, il faut obéir à son maître.   

Je suis Lindor;  ma naissance est commune; 
Mes vœux sont ceux d'un simple bachelier: 
Que n'ai-je, hélas!  d'un brillant Chevalier 
A vous offrir le rang et la fortune!  

Tous les matins ici d'une voix tendre 
Je chanterai mon amour sans espoir; 
Je bornerai mes plaisirs à vous voir: 
Et puissiez-vous en trouver à m'entendre! 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Le barbier de Séville, ou La précaution inutile. Comédie en quatre actes, no city, no publisher, dated 1780, pages 71 - 72. Appears in Acte premier, Scène VI.


Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799) [author's text checked 1 time 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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann André (1741 - 1799) , aus: Barbier von Sevilla [an adaptation] ; composed by Karl Sigmund Freiherr von Seckendorff.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Johann André) , aus: Barbier von Sevilla [an adaptation]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 78

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