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by Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672 - 1731)

Dans un bois solitaire et sombre
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI DUT ENG GER GRE ITA SPA SPA
Dans un bois solitaire et sombre
Je me promenais l'autr' jour,
Un enfant y dormait à l'ombre,
C'était le redoutable Amour.

J'approche, sa beauté me flatte,
Mais je devais m'en défier ;
Il avait les traits d'une ingrate,
Que j'avais juré d'oublier.

Il avait la bouche vermeille,
Le teint aussi frais que le sien,
Un soupir m'échappe, il s'éveille ;
L'Amour se réveille de rien.

Aussitôt déployant ses aîles 
Et saisissant son arc vengeur,
L'une de ses flêches, cruelles 
En partant, il me blesse au cœur.

Va ! va, dit-il, aux pieds de Sylvie,
De nouveau languir et brûler !
Tu l'aimeras toute la vie,
Pour avoir osé m'éveiller.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672 - 1731), "L'Amour se réveille de rien" [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 François de Lacodre (1757 - 1834), as Blin, "Dans un bois solitaire et sombre" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Dans un bois", K. 308 (1778) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "L'Amour" [ voice and piano ], Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Dan Shen) , "在树林里", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In een bos", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In a forest", copyright ©
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Walter Riemer) , "In einen einsamen, düsteren Wald", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Daniel Jäger) , "Einsam ging ich jüngst im Haine"
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Σε δάσος μοναχικό και σκοτεινό", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "In un bosco", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Pilar Lirio) , "En un bosque", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "En un bosque solitario", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 106

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