by Gabriel Marc (1840 - 1901)
Sérénade
Language: French (Français)
Si j'étais, ô mon amoureuse, La brise au souffle parfumé, Pour frôler ta bouche rieuse, Je viendrais craintif et charmé. Si j'étais l'abeille qui vole, Ou le papillon séducteur, Tu ne me verrais pas, frivole, Te quitter pour une autre fleur. Si j'étais la rose charmante Que ta main place sur ton coeur, Si près de toi toute tremblante Je me fanerais de bonheur. Mais en vain je cherche à te plaire, J'ai beau gémir et soupirer. Je suis homme, et que puis-je faire? - T'aimer... Te le dire ... Et pleurer!
Text Authorship:
- by Gabriel Marc (1840 - 1901), "Sérénade", written 1868, appears in Soleils d'Octobre, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933), "Sérénade", op. 2 (5 Mélodies) no. 2 (1869) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , "Serenade", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Serenade", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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