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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Air tendre
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Pourquoi leur envier leur juste recompense?
L'amour ne me fait point d'offense 
Quand il rend les amants heureux!  
Il songe a redoubler, par mon impatience, 
Le doux plaisir qui doit suivre mes voeux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Jean Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764), "Air tendre", 1715-1720, from the cantata Cantata L'Impatience, no. 4. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Zartes Lied", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Tender song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Scott Mello

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-18
Line count: 5
Word count: 33

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