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Viens dans ce bocage, belle Aminte, Sans contrainte, [on]1 y forme des vœux. Viens ! Viens dans ce bocage, belle Aminte, Il est fait pour les plaisirs et les jeux. Viens ! Le ramage des oiseaux, Le murmure des eaux, Tout nous engage A choisir ce beau séjour Pour offrir à l'amour Un tendre hommage. À [l'ombrage des]2 forêts, Goûtons les biens secrets D'un aimable badinage ; Nous sommes tous deux Dans le bel âge, De nos chaînes resserrons les nœuds ; Vives ardeurs, moments flatteurs, Que vos douceurs à jamais [charment]3 nos cœurs.
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View text without footnotesNote: the text above is Tiersot's sung text. Variants by Weckerlin are below. This may change when we track down the original texts.
1 Weckerlin: "l'on"2 Weckerlin: "l'ombre de ses"
3 Weckerlin: "comblent"
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 18th century ) [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 Julien Tiersot (1857 - 1936), "Tambourin" [ medium voice and piano ], from Chants de la vieille France: 20 mélodies et chansons du XIIIè au XVIIIè siècles, no. 17, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "Aminte", subtitle: "Tambourin", published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Bergerettes, Romances et chansons du XVIIIè siècle harmonisées par J.B. Weckerlin, no. 8, Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 93
Come into this grove, beautiful Aminte, where promises can be made unconstrained. Come! Come into this grove, beautiful Aminte, a place made for pleasures and games. Come! The songs of the birds, the murmur of the waters, everything inspires us to choose this beautiful spot, for offering a tender homage to love. In the shade of the woods, let us taste the secret delights of lovable banter. We are both of us at the age of beauty, let us tighten the knots of the love that binds us. Oh lively ardours, flattering moments, how your sweetness for ever charms our hearts!
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- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2022-05-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 101