Berceuse
Music: Georges Bizet (1838–1875) · Words: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859)
Si l’enfant sommeille, Il verra l’abeille,
Quand elle aura fait son miel, Danser entre
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The words
Si l’enfant sommeille, Il verra l’abeille,
Quand elle aura fait son miel, Danser entre
terre et ciel
Si l’enfant repose, Un ange tout rose,
Que la nuit seule on peut voir, Viendra lui
di- re: “bon soir!”
Si mon enfant m’aime, Dieu dira luimême:
J’aime cet enfant qui dort: Qu’on lui porte un
rêve dor. Mettez lui des aîles,
Comme aux tourte- relles Pour venir dans mon
soleil Danser, danser jusqu’a son réveil
Fermez ses paupières, Et sur ses pri- ères,
De mes jardins pleins de fleurs Faites glisser
les cou- leurs.
Mais je veux qu’il dorme, Et qu’il se conforme
Au silence des oiseaux Couchés parmi les
roseaux!
Car si l’enfant pleure, On entendra l’heure
Tinter partout qu’un enfant A fait ce que
Dieu défend.
L’écho de la rue, Au bruit accou- rue,
Quand l’heure aura soupiré, Dira:
“l’enfant a pleuré!” Et sa tendre mère,
Dans sa nuit amère, Pour son ingrat nourisson
Ne saura plus hélas! de chanson.
Si l’enfant est sage, Sur son doux visage La
Vierge se penchera, Et longtemps lui
parlera.
About this song
- Music
- Georges Bizet (1838–1875) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- French, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1873, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 3:05
- Its source files it as
- 20 Mélodies, Op.21
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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