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

Sérénade du Bourgeois gentilhomme
 (Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)
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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?

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Sérénade du Bourgeois gentilhomme", 1893, published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Moliére, no title, appears in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Act I, Scene 2

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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


Researcher for this page: Mimi Ezust

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 35

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