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by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794)

Musette
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
L'autre jour, sous l'ombrage,
Un jenne et beau pasteur
Racontait ainsi sa doleur
À l'écho plaintif du bocage !
À l'écho plaintif du bocage !

Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Que de chagrin marche à ta suite
Et pourquoi viens-tu si lentement
Et t'en retournes-tu si vite ?
Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Pourquoi, pourquoi, t'en retournes-tu si vite ?

Ma bergère m'oublie.
Amour, fais-moi mourir !
Quand on cesse de nous chérir,
Quel cruel fardeau que la vie.
Ma bergère hélas ! m'oublie !...

Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Que de chagrin marche à ta suite
Et pourquoi viens-tu si lentement
Et t'en retournes-tu si vite ?

Bonheur d'être aimé tendrement,
Pourquoi, pourquoi, t'en retournes-tu si vite ?

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794) [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Musette", 1870-2, published 1872 [voice and piano ; or baritone or mezzo-soprano, SSA chorus or SSA trio, and piano], from Poème pastoral, no. 2, Paris: G. Hartmann [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Rachel O'Connell) , title unknown, copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Rachel O'Connell

This text was added to the website: 2006-05-15
Line count: 22
Word count: 107

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