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by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794)

Chanson du berger
Language: French (Français) 
J'aime, et je ne puis exprimer
Mes voeux, mon respect, ma tendresse,
Je ne puis chanter la maîtresse
Qu'il m'est si facile d'aimer.

Si je dis qu'elle est la plus belle
Des bergères de ce hameau,
Je n'aurai rien dit de nouveau ;
Ce n'est un secret que pour elle.

Si je parle de ses vertus ;
Amis, parents, tout le village,
En ont parlé bien davantage,
Et les malheureux encor plus.

Si, plus hardi, j'ose entreprendre
De lui dépeindre mes tourments ;
Mon coeur abonde en sentiments,
Mais mon esprit ne peut les rendre.

Taisons-nous, craignons d'offenser
La beauté pour qui je soupire ;
Et cessons de si mal lui dire
Ce que je sais si bien penser.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794), written 1788 [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Chanson du berger", op. 11 no. 5 [medium voice and piano], Éd. Durand, Schoenewerck & Cie [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 115

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