by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)
Déesse ou femme
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ces attraits que chacun admire, Ce regard divin, ce sourire! Nous faisaient tomber tous, Hélas! Madame à vos genoux! Déesse ou femme, Ange des cieux! Qui ne s'enflamme A perdu l'âme, Ou bien les yeux! Cette voix que chacun adore, Cette douce voix chante encore! Qu'ils étaient ravissants, Mon Dieu! qu'ils étaient ravissants, Madame, ces doux accents; Déesse ou femme...
Authorship:
- by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Déesse ou femme", CG 6c [ voice and piano ], from opera La Colombe [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Goddess or woman", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 15
Word count: 60