For the pretty bride (Arham, set by (Max Arham)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Max Arham

Translation © by Stephen Jackson

Pour la jolie fiancée

Language: French (Français)

Available translation(s): ENG

Quand elle te dira d’une voix inquiéte 
m’aime t-il bien, 
dis moi gentille pâquerette 
Oracle des amours
Si sa main tremble alors
Si son coeur bat plus vite 
En effeuillant ta fleur 
responds lui Marguerite
Il t’aimera toujours

Notes (provided by Stephen Jackson):
The text is provided with almost no punctuation in the score.
Line 3: "pâquerette" appears without the accent circonflexe in the Bibliothèque nationale de France edition of the score.
Line 8: "Marguerite" - Also a common nickname for "daisy", here anthropomorphized.

Authorship

by Max Arham , "Pour la jolie fiancée" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Max Arham , "Pour la jolie fiancée", published <<1911 [medium voice and piano], from Douze mélodies, 2e série, no. 32, Paris, Maurice Senart, B. Roudanez & Cie. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Stephen Jackson) , title 1: "For the pretty bride", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 38

For the pretty bride

Language: English after the French (Français)

When she says to you in a worried voice
“Does he love me well?
tell me, sweet daisy,
Oracle of love.”
If her hand is shaking so
If her heart beats faster,
Plucking your flower, 
tell her, Marguerite,
“He will always love you.”

Note: the original score has almost no punctuation, but we have added some for the sake of clarity.

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a text in French (Français) by Max Arham , "Pour la jolie fiancée"

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 43