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by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885)

Tarentelle
 (Sung text for setting by G. Doret)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI ENG ENG GER
Aux cieux la lune monte et luit.
Il fait grand jour en plein minuit.
Viens avec moi, me disait-elle,
Viens sur le sable grésillant
Où saute et glisse en frétillant
    La tarentelle.

Sus, les danseurs  ! En voilà deux :
Foule sur l'eau, foule autour d'eux ;
L'homme est bien fait, la fille est belle ;
Mais garde à vous ! Sans y penser,
C'est jeu d'amour que de danser
    La tarentelle.

 ... 

Doux est le bruit du tambourin !
Si j'étais fille de marin
Et toi pêcheur, me disait-elle,
Toutes les nuits joyeusement
Nous danserions en nous aimant
    La tarentelle.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gustave Doret (1866 - 1943), "Tarentelle", 1896, stanzas 1-2,4 [ piano and voice ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885), "Tarentelle", subtitle: "Chanson de Lauzières", written 1872, appears in Poésies, in 2. Musiques, no. 4

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tarantel·la", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "塔朗泰拉舞曲", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "The tarantella", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "The tarantella", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Tarentelle", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Mimi Ezust

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 129

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