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by Ambroise Bétourné (1795 - 1838)

La Bayadère
Language: French (Français) 
Je suis la bayadère,
Dont le gai tambourin,
Et la danse légère,
Bannissent le chagrin.

Enfant des bords du Gange,
Le plaisir est ma loi;
Venez, et qu'on se range
En cercle autour de moi.

La rose du Bengale, 
Pour charmer vos regards,
Se marie à l'opâle
Dans mes cheveux épars.

Aux lieux où l'on m'invite
En souriant j'accours,
Et toujours ma visite
Éveille les amours.

Et la foule charmée
Se pressant pour la voir
Dans la plaine embaumée,
Répèta jusqu'au soir.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ambroise Bétourné (1795 - 1838) [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), "La Bayadère", published c1828 [ voice and piano ], from Album Lyrique, no. 7, from Matinées musicales: album lyrique, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Troupenas [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 82

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