À sa guitare
Language: French (Français) after the French (Français)
Ma guitare, je te chante,
Par qui seule je déçois,
Je déçois, je romps, j'enchante
Les amours que je reçois.
Au son de ton harmonie
Je rafraîchis ma chaleur,
Ma chaleur, flamme infinie,
Naissante d'un beau malheur.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Seiner Gitarre", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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- ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "To his guitar", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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To his guitar
Language: English after the French (Français)
My guitar, I sing to you
Whom alone I disappoint
I disappoint, I break, I enchant
The loves that I receive
At the sound of your harmony
I refresh my warmth
My warmth, an infinite flame
Born of a beautiful unhappiness
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