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by Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636 - 1711)
Translation

Sylvie
Language: French (Français)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Voici les lieux charmants où mon âme ravie
    Passait à contempler Sylvie.
Les tranquilles moments si doucement perdus !
Que je l'aimais alors ! Que je la trouvais belle !
Mon cœur, vous soupirez au nom de l'infidèle !
Avez-vous oublié que vous ne l'aimez plus ?

C'est ici que souvent errant dans les prairies,
    Ma main des fleurs les plus chéries
Lui faisait des présents si tendrement reçus.
Que je l'aimais alors ! et comme elle était belle !
Mon cœur, vous soupirez au nom de línfidèle !
Avez-vous oublié que vous ne l'aimez plus ?

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It is based on

  • a text in French (Français) by Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636 - 1711), "Vers sur Marie Poncher de Bretouville", written 1671
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Sylvie", VWV 1118, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies. Deuxième série, no. 1, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Sylvia", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2021-10-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 88

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