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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Chanson de Fortunio
 (Sung text for setting by L. Koster)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Si vous croyez que je vais dire
   Qui j'ose aimer,
Je ne saurais, pour un empire,
   Vous la nommer.

Nous allons chanter à la ronde,
   Si vous voulez,
Que je l'adore et qu'elle est blonde
   Comme les blés.

Je fais ce que sa fantaisie
   Veut m'ordonner,
Et je puis, s'il lui faut ma vie,
   La lui donner.

Du mal qu'une amour ignorée
   Vous fait souffrir,
J'en porte l'âme déchirée
   Jusqu'à mourir.

Mais j'aime trop pour que je die
   Qui j'ose aimer,
Et je veux mourir pour ma mie
   Sans la nommer.

First published in La revue des deux mondes, November 1, 1835, in Comédies et Proverbes, "Le Chandelier", Act II, Scene 3.

Note (provided by Garrett Medlock) for stanza 5, line 1 - "die" [sic] means "dis" here.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "Chanson de Fortunio" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Chanson de Fortunio", written 1836, appears in Poésies nouvelles

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 92

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