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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 ?
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]
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- ENG English (Rachel O'Connell) , title unknown, copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Rachel O'Connell
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-15
Line count: 22
Word count: 116
The other day, beneath the shadow A young and handsome shepherd Remembered his sorrow With the plaintive echo of the countryside! Happiness is to be loved tenderly, But the grief will follow along And why do you come so slowly And turn away so fast? Happiness is to be loved tenderly, Why, why, turn away so fast? My shepherdess has forgotten me. Love, make me die! When one ceases to cherish us What a cruel burden is life. Happiness is to be loved tenderly, But the grief will follow along And why do you come so slowly And turn away so fast? Happiness is to be loved tenderly, Why, why, turn away so fast?
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- a text in French (Français) by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794)
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 114