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Dans un bois solitaire et sombre Je me promenais l'autr' jour, Un enfant y dormait à l'ombre, C'était le redoutable Amour. J'approche, sa beauté me flatte, Mais je devais m'en défier ; Il avait les traits d'une ingrate, Que j'avais juré d'oublier. Il avait la bouche vermeille, Le teint aussi frais que le sien, Un soupir m'échappe, il s'éveille ; L'Amour se réveille de rien. Aussitôt déployant ses aîles Et saisissant son arc vengeur, L'une de ses flêches, cruelles En partant, il me blesse au cœur. Va ! va, dit-il, aux pieds de Sylvie, De nouveau languir et brûler ! Tu l'aimeras toute la vie, Pour avoir osé m'éveiller.
Authorship
- by Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672 - 1731) [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Dans un bois", K. 308 (1778) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Dan Shen) , "在树林里", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In een bos", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In a forest", copyright ©
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter Riemer) , "In einen einsamen, düsteren Wald", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Daniel Jäger) , "Einsam ging ich jüngst im Haine"
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Σε δάσος μοναχικό και σκοτεινό", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "In un bosco", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Pilar Lirio) , "En un bosque", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "En un bosque solitario", copyright © 2007, (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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在一个清静浓荫的树林里， 有一天，我正在那里散步， 一个孩童在树荫下熟睡 ——他就是那爱捉弄人的爱神（丘比特）。 他的美貌吸引我走近前去， 不过我应当小心一些。 他的容貌让我想起那位 我曾发誓要忘掉的人。 他有象她一样的红唇， 他的脸色也象她的一样粉嫩。 从我的口中溜出了一声叹息，惊醒了他： 爱神就这么醒来了。 他立刻展开了双翼， 抽出一支他的金箭， 他射出了这支可怕的箭， 正中了我的心。 “去”，他说，“回到西尔维亚的裙下， 再去爱得死去活来。 我要罚你在爱中受一生的折磨， 因为你竟敢将我从睡梦中惊醒。”
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- Translation from French (Français) to Chinese (中文) copyright © 2010 by Dan Shen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in French (Français) by Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672 - 1731)
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-09
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