Filis | Amor, sorprendido por una sonrisa

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by José Miguel Llata

Philis

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: SPA

Par un souris l'Amour surpris
Malgré Psyché vous rend les armes;
Bacchus auprès de vos attraits
D'Ariane brave les charmes.

Chacun d'eux osa prétendre
Un favorable succès
Pour vous rendre le coeur tendre
Ils vous offrent tout exprès
L'un son verre, l'autre ses traits.

Par un souris l'Amour surpris!
De cette double victoire
Vos appas étaient garants
Mais Philis daignez m'en croire,
Préférez à de tels amants
Un mortel qui vous adore
Mille fois plus qu'eux encore,
O Philis!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 18^th century ) , XVIIIth century [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 Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921), "Philis", published 1907 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart & Cie [sung text checked 1 time]

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

SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Filis", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 79

Filis

Language: Spanish (Español) after the French (Français)

Amor, sorprendido por una sonrisa
a pesar de Psique se te entrega.
Baco, ante tu atractivo, 
resiste los encantos de Ariadna.

Cada uno aspira
a tener un éxito favorable.
Para volverte tierno el corazón,
te ofrecen con premura,
uno su copa, el otro sus dardos.  

¡Amor, sorprendido por una sonrisa!
De esta doble victoria
serían garantía tus encantos,
pero Filis, créeme,
frente a tales amantes,
debes preferir un mortal que te adora
mil veces más que ellos.
¡Oh Filis!

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , XVIIIth century
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-05
Line count: 17
Word count: 79