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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. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5,10-11,13-16 of the original text.
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
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Line count: 68
Word count: 277
Not a boat is stirring in red Venice, not a fisherman is on the water, not a light appears. ... The fading moon half-veils her brow with a cloud sewn with stars. ... Oh! Now more than one lady listens anxiously in the moonlight for some young gallant. More than one lady is getting ready for the ball, putting on her black mask before her mirror. ... And mad Narcissa in her gondola forgets herself, partying till dawn. And who, in all Italy, is not a little mad? Who does not reserve the days of youth for love? Let the old clock in the old Doge's palace count the long boredoms of its nights. Beautiful, instead let us count on your rebellious lips so many kisses given ... or pardoned. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5,10-11,13-16 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2006 by Faith J. Cormier, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Venise", appears in Premières poésies
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