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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Venise
 (Sung text for setting by B. Godard)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dans Venise la rouge,
Pas un bateau qui bouge,
Pas un pêcheur dans l'eau,
Pas un falot.

 ... 

5. La lune qui s'efface
Couvre son front qui passe
D'un nuage étoilé
Demi-voilé.

 ... 

10. Ah! maintenant plus d'une
Attend, au clair de lune,
Quelque jeune muguet,
L'oreille au guet.

11. Pour le bal qu'on prépare,
Plus d'une qui se pare,
Met devant son miroir
Le masque noir.

 ... 

13. Et Narcissa, la folle,
Au fond de sa gondole,
S'oublie en un festin
Jusqu'au matin.

14. Et qui, dans l'Italie,
N'a son grain de folie ?
Qui ne garde aux amours
Ses plus beaux jours ? 

15. Laissons la vieille horloge
Au palais du vieux doge
Lui compter de ses nuits
Les longs ennuis.

16. Comptons plutôt, ma belle,
Sur ta bouche rebelle
Tant de baisers donnés...
Ou pardonnés.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Venise", op. 10 no. 8, published [1870], stanzas 1,5,10-11,13-16 [ voice and piano ], from 12 morceaux de chant, 3-ième série, no. 8, Éd. G. Flaxland

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Venise", appears in Premières poésies

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Venice", copyright © 2006, (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: 68
Word count: 277

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