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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.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 17th cent. ) [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, from Chansons gaillardes, no. 8 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Serenade", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ENG ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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- ENG English (Simon Chalifoux) , "Serenade", copyright © 2013, (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.
Line count: 6
Word count: 30
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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- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 34