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Philémon et Baucis

Opera by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Ni l'or ni la grandeur
 (Sung text for setting by C. Gounod)
 See original

Subtitle: Cantilène

Language: French (Français) 
Ni l'or ni la grandeur ne nous rendent heureux ;
Ces deux divinités n'accordent à nos vœux
Que des biens peu certains, qu'un plaisir peu tranquille :
Des soucis dévorants c'est l'éternal asile ;
Le sage y vit, en paix, errant parmi les bois ;
Il regard à ses pieds les favoris des Rois ;
Il lit au front de ceux qu'un vain luxe environne
Que la fortune vend ce qu'on croit qu'elle donne.
Approche-t-il du but, quitte-t-il ce séjour,
Rien ne trouble sa fin: c'est le soir d'un beau jour.

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Ni l'or ni la grandeur", subtitle: "Cantilène", 1859-1860 [ medium voice and piano ], from opera Philémon et Baucis

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "Philémon et Baucis" [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Ovid (43 BCE - 17/18 CE), "Baucis and Philemon", appears in Metamorphoses
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Neither gold nor grandeur", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Les bacchantes
 (Sung text for setting by C. Gounod)
 Matches base text

Language: French (Français) 
Filles d'Athor, folles Bacchantes,
Dansez en vous donnant la main,
Suivez le choeur des Corybantes
Au bruit des Crotales d'airain.

Les loups et les panthères
Cachés au fond des bois
A notre voix
Quittent leurs antres solitaires.
Bravons le ciel en feu,
Le plaisir seul est Dieu!
Ah!

Filles d'Athor, folles Bacchantes,
Dansez en vous donnant la main,
Suivez le choeur des Corybantes
Au bruit des Crotales d'airain.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [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):

Set by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), CG 5a (1860), first performed 1860 [ voice and piano ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 154
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