Sweetheart, come to me | Do you hear the gondolas

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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Translation © by Laura L. Nagle

Viens à moi

(Sung text for setting by A. Choudens)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Entends-tu les gondoles
S'égarer sur les flots ;
Les tendres barcarolles
Des jeunes matelots ?

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La mer est éclairée
D'une lune d'amour ;
Et toi, belle adorée,
Préfères-tu le jour ?

  Le frais désir
Éveille  ...  le plaisir,
  Ah ! ! viens à moi,
Belle ! je rame ici vers toi !

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Tout s'unit, tout s'adore
Sur la terre et les eaux ;
Et je suis seul encore
Au milieu des roseaux !

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Voici l'heure charmante
Où l'on chante plus bas ;
Et de ma jeune amante
Je sens frémir les pas !

  Le frais désir
Éveille  ...  le plaisir,
  Oh ! viens à moi,
Belle ! Je rame ici vers toi !

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4,7,9-10 of the original text.

An imitation of Moore's Oh, come to me when daylight sets (Venetian Air).

Composition:

Antony Choudens

20 Mélodies

Text Authorship:

by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), no title, appears in Imitation de Moore : Trois Nocturnes, no. 1

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ENG English (Laura L. Nagle) , "Sweetheart, come to me", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Sweetheart, come to me

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Choudens)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

Do you hear the gondolas
meandering upon the waves,
the soft barcarolles
of the young sailors?

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At the sound of mandolins,
only racing hearts;
there on the hillsides,
only happy couples.

All around, loving desire
is awakening pleasure.
Sweetheart, come to me;
I am here, rowing toward you.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4,7,9-10 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of the Malibran setting.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2007 by Laura L. Nagle, (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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a text in French (Français) by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), no title, appears in Imitation de Moore : Trois Nocturnes, no. 1
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