Serenade of the Bourgeois Gentleman | I languish night and day; my pain is extreme

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by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Moliére

Translation © by Ahmed E. Ismail

Je languis nuit et jour, et ma peine est...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je languis nuit et jour, et ma peine est extrême
Depuis qu'à vos rigeurs vos beaux yeux m'ont soumis;
Si vous traitez ainsi, belle Iris, qui vous aime,
Hélas!  que pourriez-vous faire à vos ennemis?

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Text Authorship:

by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Moliére, no title, appears in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Act I, Scene 2 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Sérénade du Bourgeois gentilhomme", 1893, published 1957 [medium voice and piano], Éd. Heugel [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Serenade of the Bourgeois Gentleman", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 35

Serenade of the Bourgeois Gentleman

Language: English after the French (Français)

I languish night and day; my pain is extreme
Ever since your beautiful eyes subjected me to your harshness.
If you treat me -- one who loves you -- so, dear Iris,
Alas! What do you do to your enemies?

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a text in French (Français) by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Moliére, no title, appears in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Act I, Scene 2
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 38