Sylvia | Here are the charming places where my ravished soul

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Translation © by Barbara Miller

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]

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

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

Sylvia

Language: English after the French (Français)

Here are the charming places where my ravished soul
Went to contemplate Sylvia.
The tranquil moments so sweetly lost!
How I loved her then!  How beautiful I thought her!
My heart, you sigh at the name of the unfaithful one!
Have you forgotten that you do not love her any more?

It is here that often wandering in the meadows,
My hand, of the most beloved flowers
Made her presents, so tenderly received.
How I loved her then, and how beautiful she was!
My heart, you sigh at the name of the unfaithful one!
Have you forgotten that you do not love her any more?

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636 - 1711), "Vers sur Marie Poncher de Bretouville", written 1671
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 105