from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by M. de Galembert ( flourished 1976 )

Vieille chanson de chasse
Language: French (Français) 
Ah, si j'avais des diamants, des couronnes,
Je les mettrais à vos pieds pour avoir...
Combien de baisers de tes lèvres mi-closes
Ou de baisers me refuseras-tu?
Oh toi, que j'aime, d'amour extrême
Daigne délivrer ma main et mon coeur
De cette vie.
Ma tendre amie
C'est de toi seule
Que j'attends le bonheur.
Entendez-vous
Que c'est pour vous
Que le chasseur sonnait du clairon?
Entends-tu
La biche aux abois?

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Oh, if I had diamonds and crowns
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
Oh, if I had diamonds and crowns,
I would lay them at your feet...
How many kisses from your parted lips
Or kisses will you refuse me?
Oh you, whom I love so deeply,
Please surrender my hand and my heart
From this life.
My sweet friend,
It is from you alone
That I await happiness.
Do you hear
That it is for you
That the hunter is playing his horn?
Do you hear
The doe at bay?

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Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-10-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 78