Pendant sept ans comme berger Jacob a servi

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by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia

Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia
Labão, pai de Raquel, serrana bela;
Mas não servia ao pai, servia a ela,
E a ela só por prémio pretendia.

Os dias, na esperança de um só dia,
Passava, contentando-se com vê-la;
Porém o pai, usando de cautela,
Em lugar de Raquel lhe dava Lia.

Vendo o triste pastor que com enganos
Lhe fora assim negada a sua pastora,
Como se a não tivera merecida,

Começa de servir outros sete anos,
Dizendo: -- Mais servira, se não fora
Para tão longo amor tão curta a vida!

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Text Authorship:

by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580), "Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia" [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 Berta Alves de Sousa (1906 - 1997), "Sete Anos de Pastor", 1966 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Paulo Florence (1864 - 1949), "Sete anos de pastor", 192-? [ voice and piano ], from Cinco sonetos, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Glauco Velasquez (1883 - 1914), "Sete anos de pastor", op. 108 (1913) [ voice and chamber orchestra or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 92

Pendant sept ans comme berger Jacob a...

Language: French (Français) after the Portuguese (Português)

Pendant sept ans comme berger Jacob a servi
Laban, le père de Rachel, la belle montagnarde ;
Mais il ne servait pour le père, il servait pour elle,
Et elle seule il voulait comme récompense.

Les jours, dans l'espoir d'un seul jour,
Passèrent, se contentant de la voir.
Mais le père, usant de prudence,
Lui donna Léa au lieu de Rachel.

Le triste berger voyant qu'avec tromperie
Il avait été refusé à sa bergère,
D'une manière qu'il n'avait pas mérité.

Il commence à servir encore sept ans
En disant : « Servir encore, s'il n'y avait pas
Pour un si long amour une si courte vie ! »

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Translations of title(s):
"Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia" = "Pendant sept ans comme berger Jacob a servi"
"Sete anos de pastor" = "Pendant sept ans comme berger"

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-10
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