The naiad | As you swam amongst Sirens and tritons

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by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950)

Translation © by Marian Nelson

La naïade

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Quand tu nageois emmy Syrènes et Tritons, 
Gente naïade au corps souëf
Enjoleuse la jolie, 
Tu cuydois l'enjoler,
»Tu t'entraînais«, 
Ah, la bonne blague!
Et c'est la sérieuse affaire qui t'a prise.

Aphrodite s'est vengée de voir en toi, lovely,
Une si jolie rivale à la Vénus de Botticelli,
Enjoleuse la jolie, 
Enjolée à son tour.
Ridete, 
Veneres,
Cupidinesque, 
Ridete!

Text Authorship:

by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La naïade"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La naïade", op. 151 no. 4 (1935), published 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Sept chansons pour Gladys, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Marian Nelson) , "The naiad", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 60

The naiad

Language: English after the French (Français)

As you swam amongst Sirens and tritons,
Gentle naiad with the supple body,
Lovely seducer,
You thought you’d seduce him
You were ‘rehearsing’,
Ah! the great joke!
And it was the serious affair that captured you.

Aphrodite took her vengeance in seeing you lovely,
So sweet a rival to Botticelli’s Venus
The lovely seducer
Herself in turn seduced,
Laugh,
Beauties,
Cupids and,
Laugh.

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a text in French (Français) by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La naïade"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 15
Word count: 63