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by M. Zacharie, fils

Le Village
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
L'aube matinale
Adoré nos champs,
Déjà la cigale
Commence ses chants.

Papillon timide,
Courtisan flatteur,
D'un baiser rapide
Honore la fleur.

Déjà l'hirondelle
A quitté son nid,
Puis à tire d'aile
Dans les airs s'enfuit.

Sa tendre famille,
Quoi-que faible encor,
Sur le toit sautille,
Enfin prent l'essor.

Là, c'est la nacelle,
Qu'un gai batelier,
À l'onde rebelle 
Voudrait confier.

Bientôt la bergère,
Sur l'esquif léger,
Monte et fuit la terre
Avec son berger.

Plus loin, la jeunesse,
Brillante d'attraits,
Accourt et s'empresse
Sous l'ombrage épais;

Là, près de sa mère,
Cachant maint project,
La jeune bergère
Tend plus d'un filet.

Enfin la nuit sombre,
Dans ce beau séjour,
Vient prêter son ombre
Aux plaisirs du jour;

Le triste morphée,
Versant ses pavots,
Finit la journée
Par un doux repos.

Text Authorship:

  • by M. Zacharie, fils  [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 Maria Felicia Garcia Malibran (1808 - 1836), "Le Village", published 1830? [ voice and piano ], from Album Lyrique, no. 3, Paris : E. Troupenas [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The village", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 130

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