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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Translation © by Victoria de Menil

Chanson de Barberine

(Sung text for setting by L. Koster)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Beau chevalier qui partez pour la guerre,
  Qu'allez-vous faire
  Si loin d'ici de nous ?
Voyez-vous pas que la nuit est profonde,
  Et que le monde
  N'est que souci ?

Vous qui croyez qu'une amour délaissée
  De la pensée
  S'enfuit ainsi,
Hélas ! hélas ! chercheurs de renommée,
  Votre fumée
  S'envole aussi.

Beau chevalier qui partez pour la guerre,
  Qu'allez-vous faire
  Si loin de nous ?
J'en vais pleurer, moi qui me laissais dire
  Que mon sourire
  Était si doux.

First published in La Quenouille de Barberine, a comedy in two acts, Éd. La Revue des Deux Mondes, 1835.

Composition:

Lou Koster

Text Authorship:

by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Chanson de Barberine", written 1835, appears in Poésies nouvelles, appears in La Quenouille de Barberine, comédie en 2 actes

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Word count: 76

Handsome knight, you who leave for war

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Koster)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

 Handsome knight, you who leave for war
 What will you do 
 far from here?
 Do you see that the night is deep?
 And that the world 
 is but worry?
 
 You who think that love 
 Abandoned by thought 
 flees like that.
 Alas! Alas! Seekers of fame
 Your smoke
 flies away too!
 
 Hansome knight, you who leave for war
 What will you do 
 far from us?
 It will make me cry. I who thought 
 That my smile 
 was so sweet!

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a text in French (Français) by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Chanson de Barberine", written 1835, appears in Poésies nouvelles, appears in La Quenouille de Barberine, comédie en 2 actes
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 79