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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Enfant de Catane
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Enfant de Catane, dis-moi, qu'aimes-tu ?
Le vert platane de pampres vêtu ;
De l'ombre des arbres qu'agite le vent,
Au loin sur les marbres le tableau mouvant ;
Et des nuits sereines le calme enchanteur,
Et la lumineuse étoile du pays des amours.

N'est-il pas quelque enfant mignonne,
Dont le noir regard t'aît charmé ?
Non, Lorenzo n'aime personne,
Et de personne il n'est aimé !

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( N. G. )  [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 Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Enfant de Catane", subtitle: "Sérénade", op. 14 no. 5 [ high voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 5, Éd. J. Hamelle ; confirmed with the score [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Child of Catania: Serenade", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-09-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 62

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