by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
Sérénade
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Las ! Colombine a fermé le volet, Et vainement le chasseur tend ses toiles, Car la fillette au doux esprit follet, De ses rideaux laissant tomber les voiles, S'est dérobée, ainsi que les étoiles. Bien qu'elle cache à l'amant indigent Son casaquin pareil au ciel changeant, Ah ! C'est pour charmer cette beauté barbare Que remuant comme du vif-argent. Arlequin chante et gratte sa guitare.
Text Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Sérénade", appears in Les Cariatides, in Les Caprices - en dizains à la manière de Clément Marot, no. 7, first published 1842 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Sérénade", L. 29/(34) (1882) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Serenade", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 63