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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Sérénade à Nina
 (Sung text for setting by L. Koster)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Nina, ton sourire,
Ta voix qui soupire,
Tes yeux qui font dire
Qu'on croit au bonheur,

Les belles années,
Les douces journées,
Les roses fanées,
Mortes sur ton cœur...

Nina, ma charmante,
Pendant la tourmente,
La vague écumante
Grondait à nos yeux ;

Riante et fertile,
La plage tranquille
Nous montrait l'asile
Qu'appelaient nos vœux !

Aimable Italie,
Sagesse ou folie,
Jamais ne t'oublie
Qui t'a vue un jour !

Toujours plus chérie jolie,
Ta rive fleurie
Sera la patrie
Que cherche l'amour, oui l'amour.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "Sérénade à Nina" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Cantate de Bettine", appears in Bettine [comédie], first published 1851

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

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


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 89

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