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by Étienne Monnier

Les yeux noirs et les yeux bleus
Language: French (Français) 
Ah! quel embarras extrême!
Quel tourment vient me saisir!
Entre deux beautés que j'aime
Dès demain il faut choisir.
L'une est blonde, l'autre est brune,
Dès deux côtés mon coeur est pris;
En abandonner une,
Non jamais! je ne le puis!
De Clara la voix douce et tendre
Sans retour a su me charmer;
Zélia, peut-on se défendre
Pour toujours de t'adorer?
Dans l'azur de tes yeux j'ai pu lire,
Ma Clara, doux espoir de bonheur.
Zélia, tes yeux noirs, ton sourire,
M'ont promis un destin enchanteur.

Text Authorship:

  • by Étienne Monnier  [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Les yeux noirs et les yeux bleus" [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

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