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Pourquoi rester seulette a garder ses moutons? Que peut une fillette qui n'a que sa houlette contre les loups gloutons! Avec moi dans la plaine vient pour me protéger, Pierre, le beau berger... Fille, fuseau léger entre mes doigts la laine. Pierre est fort, Pierre est doux: Sa parole caresse, Il m'a dit à genoux: "Madeleine, aimons-nous" Et Pierre a ma tendresse. Mais il s'en est allé Auprès d'une autre belle, et les loups m'ont volé jusqu'à mon chien fidèle... mes larmes ont coulé... Fille, fuseau léger! Pierre, le beau berger, m'est infidèle.
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- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Pourquoi rester seulette?", subtitle: "Bergerie Watteau", 1894, published 1895 [high voice and piano], Éd. Durand [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Tara Melia Hunt) , title 1: "Why remain alone", copyright © 2003, (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.
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Word count: 93
Why remain alone to keep one's sheep? What can a young girl do who does not have a crook against the gluttonous wolves! With me in the plain, someone comes to protect me: Pierre, the beautiful shepherd... "Maiden, the wool between my fingers is light on the spindle." Pierre is strong, Pierre is soft: His word caresses. He said to me on his knees: "Madeleine, we love each other" And Pierre has my tenderness. But he is gone from here to another beautiful girl, and the wolves stole from me even my faithful dog... my tears ran... "Maiden, light on the spindle!" Pierre, the beautiful shepherd, is unfaithful to me!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2003 by Tara Melia Hunt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Jean-Louis Croze (d. 1955)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 111