An Colombine | Colombine, Charmante

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by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898)

Translation © by Ingrid Schmithüsen

À Colombine

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: GER

Colombine charmante,
C'est pour toi que je chante,
Réponds à ma voix.
La brise caressante
Court les monts, les monts et les bois!
C'est l'heure bien heureuse
Que j'attendais, blonde amoureuse.
Veux-tu pas, curieuse,
Partager mon ivresse 
et m'imposer tes lois?

Mais en vain je t'appelle,
Ma nuit finira t'elle,
Ainsi, sottement!
Et te plais-tu, cruelle
A railler, railler, mon tourment?
Je ne suis pas Léandre 
mon cœur plus vif est las d'attendre...
Si tu dors sans m'entendre,
Si tu dors, tu vas voir que l'amour, 
que l'amour peut venir en dormant !

Text Authorship:

by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898) [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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "À Colombine", subtitle: "Sérénade d'Arlequin", op. 3 (Fünf Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "À Colombine", subtitle: "Sérénade d'Arlequin", published 1872 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, G. Hartmann [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hans Hermann.

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Ingrid Schmithüsen) , "An Colombine", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-27
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An Colombine

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Colombine, Charmante,
Für dich allein singe ich,
Erwidere mein Werben.
Die zärtliche Brise
Durchstreift Berge und Wälder,
Dies ist die glückselige Stunde,
Derer ich harre, holdes Blondchen.
Möchtest du nicht, du Vorwitzige,
Meine Verzückung teilen
Und mir deine Spielregeln auferlegen?

Doch vergebens rufe ich dich,
Wird meine Nacht so enden?
Das wäre jammerschade!
Gefällt es dir, Erbarmungslose,
Zu spotten meiner Qual?
Ich bin nicht Leander,
Ungestüm ist mein Herz, des Wartens überdrüssig...
Wiewohl du schläfst, ohne mich zu hören,
Wiewohl du schläfst, du wirst sehen, dass Liebe
Im Schlummer sich einzustellen vermag.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 92