Soliloque | Moi qui, avec mon esprit volage

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by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Selbstgespräch

(Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ich, der mit flatterndem Sinn
Bisher ein Feind der Liebe bin,
Und es so gern beständig bliebe,
Ich! Ach! Ich glaube, daß ich liebe.

Der ich sonst Hymen angeschwärzt,
Und mit der Liebe nur gescherzt,
Der ich im Wankelmuth mich übe,
Ich glaube, daß ich Doris liebe.

Denn ach! seitdem ich sie gesehn,
Ist mir kein andre Schöne schön,
Ach, die Tyrannin meiner Triebe;
Ich glaube gar, daß ich sie liebe.

Confirmed with Sämmtliche Schriften des Herrn F. W. Gleim, Neue vermehrte Ausgabe, parts 3-4, Amsterdam, 1765, pages 41-42.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "Ein Selbstgespräch"

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "Soliloquy", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Soliloque", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Soliloque

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Beethoven)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Moi qui, avec mon esprit volage,
Jusqu'ici j'ai été ennemi de l'amour
Et je le resterais bien volontiers,
Moi ! Hélas ! Je crois que j'aime.

Moi qui à l'ordinaire disais du mal d'Hymen,
Et qui seulement plaisantais avec l'amour
Moi qui pratique l'inconstance,
Je crois que j'aime Doris.

Car, hélas ! depuis que l'ai vue,
Aucune autre beauté n'est belle pour moi.
Hélas, la maîtresse de mes sens,
Je crois bien que je l'aime.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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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