Goddess or woman | Such traits which all admire

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by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Déesse ou femme

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Ces attraits que chacun admire,
Ce regard divin, ce sourire!
Nous faisaient tomber tous,
Hélas! Madame à vos genoux!
Déesse ou femme,
Ange des cieux!
Qui ne s'enflamme
A perdu l'âme,
Ou bien les yeux!

Cette voix que chacun adore,
Cette douce voix chante encore!
Qu'ils étaient ravissants,
Mon Dieu! qu'ils étaient ravissants,
Madame, ces doux accents;
Déesse ou femme...

Text Authorship:

by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Déesse ou femme", CG 6c [ voice and piano ], from opera La Colombe [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Goddess or woman", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 15
Word count: 60

Goddess or woman

Language: English after the French (Français)

Such traits which all admire,
This divine glance, this smile!
They make us all fall down before you,
Ma’am, at your feet! Alas!
Goddess or woman,
Angel from heaven!
He who doesn’t catch fire
will lose his soul,
Or indeed his eyes!

This voice which everyone adores,
This sweet voice still sings!
They were lovely,
My God! They were lovely,
Ma'am, those sweet strains;
Goddess or woman...

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a text in French (Français) by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-07
Line count: 15
Word count: 67