Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG ENG GER GER
Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite,
Joyeux alors, je sens un doux émoi;
Si la douleur t'accable, Marguerite,
Je pleure alors comme toi.
Comme deux fleurs sur une même tige,
Notre destin suivait le même cours;
De tes chagrins en frère je m'afflige;
Comme une soeur je t'aimerai toujours!
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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):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Margarete", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 49
Marguerite
Language: English after the French (Français)
When fortune beckons you to smile,
happy then, I feel a gentle quiver of excitement;
when grief overcomes you, Marguerite,
Then I weep like you.
Like two flowers of the same stalk,
our destiny followed the same course;
brotherlike, I am afflicted with your troubles;
sisterlike, I will hold you dear forever!
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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 52