by
Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909)
Berceuse
Language: French (Français)
Viens près de moi,
Viens plus près encore ;
Mon amour t’appelle :
Enfant, je t’adore !
Au dehors souffle un vent glacé
Qui, de sa dernière parure,
Dépouille toute la nature,
Au seuil d’un hiver trop pressé.
Viens près de moi,…
Le monde lutte avec ardeur
Pour les hochets de sa folie,
Sous le poids des ans l’homme plie
Avant de songer au bonheur.
Viens près de moi,…
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- ENG English [singable] (Michael P Rosewall) , "Cradle Song", subtitle: "Come here to me", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 66
Cradle Song
Language: English after the French (Français)
Come here to me,
Near the one who bore you;
Hear, my love is calling:
Dearest, I adore you!
Out of doors, icy breezes swoon
And thus, their whirling winds so hoary
Deprive all nature of its glory,
To welcome winter’s cold too soon.
Come here to me…
The world, beset with toil and woes,
Laments with madness never ending,
‘Neath the weight of years each man bending,
Alas, before true joy he knows.
Come here to me…
Subtitle: "Come here to me"
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