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by François Joseph Pierre André Méry (1798 - 1865)

Chanson indienne
 (Sung text for setting by C. Widor)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Si tu savais que je t'adore, 
Comme l'étoile aime le ciel, 
Comme l'abeille du Mysore 
Aime la fleur où naît le miel, 
Tu viendrais, à l'heure où le Gange 
Au golfe bleu va s'endormir, 
Tu viendrais, t'asseoir, ô mon ange,
Sur le balcon de ton émir ! 
  Là, ma douce reine,
  Sous la nuit sereine,
  Après un beau jour,
  Les fleurs ranimées,
  Les rives aimées,
  Les nuits embaumées,
  Tout parle d'amour.

 ... 

Si tu voyais quelle merveille 
Change d'un signe de ma main 
La jeune fille de la veille 
En sultane du lendemain, 
Tu croirais demain, ô mon ange, 
Que le dieu bleu du firmament 
Est revenu sur notre Gange 
Avec le nom de ton amant !
  Là, ma douce reine, etc.

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Chanson indienne", stanzas 1,3 [ high voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 31, Éd. J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by François Joseph Pierre André Méry (1798 - 1865), "L'Émir de Bengador", appears in Mélodies poétiques, Paris, Éd. Victor Lecou, first published 1853

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Amy Pfrimmer

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-30
Line count: 42
Word count: 224

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