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by Émile Barateau (1792 - 1870)

La Dormeuse
Language: French (Français) 
Pour la fête
qui s'apprête
levez vous plus de retard,
l'heure approche
sans reproche
belle vous dormez bien tard.

Chargés d'âge
du village
les vieillards sont réveillés
quelle bonte
jeune et prompte
vous qui par seize ans brillez
en plein jour vous sommeillez.
  Pour la fête etc.

«Chaque fille
plus gentile
amis ses plus beaux atours
et dormeuse
paresseuse
quand les instants sont si courts,
c'est vous qui dormez toujours.»
  Pour la fête etc.

Mais la belle
dormait-elle ?
Non, non, alors qu'on l'attendait,
en cachette
la coquette
au miroir se regardait
et nullement n_entendait.
  Pour la fête etc.

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Barateau (1792 - 1870) [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 Albert Grisar (1808 - 1879), "La Dormeuse", also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by M. G. Friedrich ; composed by Albert Grisar.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-05
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