Henry Purcell, Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & The Monteverdi Choir - The Fairy Queen / Act 3: A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion" - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Henry Purcell, Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & The Monteverdi Choir - The Fairy Queen / Act 3: A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"




The Fairy Queen / Act 3: A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"
La Reine des Fées / Acte 3: Une chanson en deux parties et un chœur: "Si l'amour est une douce passion"
If love's a Sweet Passion, why does it torment?
Si l'amour est une douce passion, pourquoi me tourmente-t-il ?
If a Bitter, oh tell me, whence comes my content?
Si c'est un amer, dis-moi, d'où vient mon contentement ?
Since I suffer with pleasure, why should I complain,
Puisque je souffre avec plaisir, pourquoi devrais-je me plaindre,
Or grieve at my Fate, when I know 'tis in vain?
Ou me lamenter sur mon destin, alors que je sais que c'est vain ?
Yet so pleasing the Pain is so soft as the Dart,
Pourtant, la douleur est si agréable, si douce comme la flèche,
That at once it both wounds me and tickles my Heart
Qu'à la fois elle me blesse et me chatouille le cœur
I press her Hand gently, look Languishing down,
Je presse ta main doucement, je regarde vers le bas avec langueur,
And by Passionate Silence I make my love known.
Et par un silence passionné, je te fais connaître mon amour.
But oh! How I'm Blest when so kind she does prove,
Mais oh ! Comme je suis béni quand tu es si gentille, tu prouves,
By some willing mistake to discover her Love.
Par une erreur volontaire pour révéler ton amour.
When in striving to hide, she reveals her Flame,
Quand, en essayant de te cacher, tu révèles ta flamme,
And in our Eyes tell each other what neither dares Name.
Et dans nos yeux, nous nous disons ce que ni l'un ni l'autre n'ose nommer.





Writer(s): Edward Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell (pd), Elkanah Settle (pd), Imogen Holst

Henry Purcell, Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & The Monteverdi Choir - The John Eliot Gardiner Collection
Album
The John Eliot Gardiner Collection
date of release
30-04-2013

1 The Fairy Queen / Act 1: Rondeau
2 The Fairy Queen / Act 5: Air
3 The Fairy Queen / Act 5: Monkey's Dance
4 The Fairy Queen / Act 5: Symphony
5 The Fairy Queen / Act 5: Entry Dance
6 The Fairy Queen / Act 5: Prelude
7 The Fairy Queen / Act 4: Fourth Act Tune: Air
8 The Fairy Queen / Act 5: Chaconne: Dance For Chinese Man And Woman
9 The Fairy Queen / Act 4: Entry Of Phoebus
10 The Fairy Queen / Act 1: First Act Tune: Jig
11 The Fairy Queen / Act 1: Overture
12 The Fairy Queen / Act 1: Air
13 The Fairy Queen / Act 1: Hornpipe
14 The Fairy Queen / Act 1: Prelude
15 The Fairy Queen, Z.629 / Act 2: Prelude
16 The Fairy Queen / Act 2: Echo
17 The Fairy Queen / Act 4: Symphony
18 The Fairy Queen / Act 3: Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
19 The Fairy Queen / Act 3: A Dance Of Haymakers
20 The Fairy Queen / Act 3: Dance For The Green Men
21 The Fairy Queen / Act 3: Dance For The Fairies
22 The Fairy Queen / Act 2: Second Act Tune: Air
23 The Fairy Queen / Act 2: No.18 Dance For The Followers Of Night
24 The Fairy Queen / Act 2: A Dance Of Fairies
25 The Fairy Queen / Act 3: Overture: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
26 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.1 Chorus I/II: "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"
27 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.25 Choral: "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit"
28 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.17 Choral: "Ich will hier bei dir stehen"
29 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.15 Choral: "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter"
30 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.10 Choral: "Ich bin's, ich sollte büssen"
31 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.6 Aria (Alto): "Buss und Reu"
32 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.5 Recitative (Alto): "Du lieber Heiland du"
33 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.3 Choral: "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen"
34 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.8 Aria (Soprano): "Blute nur, du liebes Herz"
35 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.23 Aria (Bass): "Gerne will ich mich bequemen"
36 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.22 Recitative (Bass): "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder"
37 The Fairy Queen / Act 3: A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"
38 Vespro della Beata Vergine: Duo seraphim a 3 - Live
39 Vespro della Beata Vergine: Lauda Jerusalem a 7 - Live
40 Vespro della Beata Vergine: Nisi Dominus a 10 - Live


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