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by Auguste de Châtillon (1808 - 1881)

Sérénade
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
La plus charmante femme,
C'est bien vous, ô Madame
Belle de traits et d'âme,
Bonne toujours !

Ô reine dont l'empire
Est dans votre sourire,
Je chante pour vous dire
Régnez, régnez toujours !

Quand je vous ai surprise, 
L'autre soir à l'église,
Près d'un pilier assise,
Priant toujours !

La nef était bien sombre,
mais la foule dans l'ombre,
fixait ses yeux sans nombre,
Sur vous, sur vous, toujours !

La nuit quand le vent pleure,
Devant votre demeure,
Je vais, n'importe l'heure
Rêver toujours !

À votre porte close
Triste je me repose,
Un instant, car je n'ose,
Rester, rester, toujours !

Text Authorship:

  • by Auguste de Châtillon (1808 - 1881), "Sérénade", written 1860, appears in A la grand' Pinte, Paris, Éd. Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1860 [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 Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894), "Sérénade", 1862 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura (Pranada) Sylvis) , "Serenade", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 98

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