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by Gustave Lemoine (1802 - 1885)

Belle pour lui!
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Oui, pour lui je veux être belle, bien belle, très belle,
Je veux, à ses désirs fidèle, lui plaire, aujourd'hui!
Oui, ce soir je veux être belle, bien belle, très belle,
Je veux, à ses désirs fidèle, lui plaire, aujourd'hui!

Ô Marie, si jolie, me dit-il, en me quittant,
Ta figure, blanche et pure, se passe d'ornement;
Veux-tu savoir comment je t'aime?
Point de bijoux, de diamant!
Rien qu'une fleur pour diadême!
Marie est reine, en se montrant.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustave Lemoine (1802 - 1885) [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 Loïsa Puget (1810 - 1899), "Belle pour lui!", published 1840? [ voice and piano ], Paris : J. Meissonnier [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura L. Nagle) , "Beautiful for Him!", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Laura L. Nagle

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-27
Line count: 10
Word count: 78

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