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by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901)

Boléro
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ah! que je plains ta flamme,
Cher trésor de mon âme...
Si par le froid du soir
Tu viens sous ma fenêtre
Chanter ton doux espoir!

Mal t'en prendra peut-être,
Si par le froid du soir
Tu viens ici t'asseoir!
Garde-toi du ciel noir!

Que ta voix qui soupire
Accuse ma rigeur
Moi, je ne fais qu'en rire!
Tu peux garder ton coeur!

Qui vous aime est esclave
De ses folles amours!
Moi, je veux sans entrave
Jouir de mes beaux jours!

Text Authorship:

  • by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [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), "Boléro", CG 354 (1871), published 1871, orchestrated 1874 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Bolero", copyright © 2016, (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: 17
Word count: 82

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