Serenade | With a hand so beautiful

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Simon Chalifoux

Sérénade

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Avec une si belle main,
Que servent tant de charmes,
Que vous tenez du dieu malin,
Bien manier les armes.
Et quand cet Enfant est chagrin 
Bien essuyer ses larmes.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 17th century ) [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Sérénade", FP 42 no. 8 (1925-1926), published 1926 [ baritone and piano ], from Chansons gaillardes, no. 8, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Serenade", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.

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

ENG English (Simon Chalifoux) , "Serenade", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Sonja Lohmiller) , "Serenade", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Matthias Fletzberger

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 30

Serenade

Language: English after the French (Français)

With a hand so beautiful,
That offers so many charms,
That you received from the malicious god,
You must handle a weapon well.
And when that child is sad
Wipe all of its tears.

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Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2013 by Simon Chalifoux, (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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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 34