Boléro
Language: French (Français)
Ah! que je plains ta flamme,
Cher trésor de mon âme...
Si par le froid du soir
Tu viens sous ma fenêtre
Chanter ton doux espoir!
Mal t'en prendra peut-être,
Si par le froid du soir
Tu viens ici t'asseoir!
Garde-toi du ciel noir!
Que ta voix qui soupire
Accuse ma rigeur
Moi, je ne fais qu'en rire!
Tu peux garder ton coeur!
Qui vous aime est esclave
De ses folles amours!
Moi, je veux sans entrave
Jouir de mes beaux jours!
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Bolero", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 82
Bolero
Language: English after the French (Français)
Ah! how I pity your ardor,
Dear treasure of my soul…
If in the cool of evening
You approach beneath my window
To sing of your sweet hope!
You might fall ill,
If in the cool of evening
You came to sit here!
Beware of the dark sky!
Though your sighing voice
Takes my austerity to task
Myself, I can’t help laughing!
You can keep your heart!
One who loves you is a slave
To his crazed love!
Myself, I want, unfettered,
To enjoy all of my beautiful days!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-10
Line count: 17
Word count: 90
