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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Les solitaires
Language: French (Français) 
Dans l'Isle de Cythere,
Cet aimable séjour 
Est un lieu solitaire 
Dirigé par l'amour.
Chacun pour son office
Y chante ses plaisirs, 
Et por tout sacrifice 
Vient offrir ses soûpires.

On passe en ces retraites
Des jours délicieux, 
Et bien des nuits secrettes
Que valent encor mieux. 
Quelle aimable demeure, 
Qu'elle a dequoy charmer!
On s'y voit à toute heure
Sans cesser de s'aimer. 

Là, nulle règle austère 
Ne racourcit les jours, 
Le vœu qu'on y fait faire
C'est de s'aimer toujours.
Si tu voulois, Silvie, 
Que je serois heureux, 
Viens-y passer la vie,
Allons faire nos vœux.

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 François Couperin (1668 - 1733), "Les solitaires", subtitle: "Air serieux", 1711. [vocal duet with piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Saúl Botero Restrepo

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 98

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