Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffman : solo voice and piano
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- Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffman : solo voice and piano
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- 1911
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Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffman : solo voice and piano
Author: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Year: 1911
[English] [i] Night of stars, and night of love, / Fall gently o’er [over] the waters, / Heav’n [Heaven] around, below, above, / No more we’ll heed the shore! [ii] Floating thus in silver lights, / Sing on! Oh earth’s fair daughters, / Love had ne’er [never] an hour so bright, / In fabled days of yore [iii] The cadenc'd oar will rhyme / To the measure we sing, / Till even charmed Time, / Fold a moment his wing / Wander on! Till the dawn! Ah! [iv] Night of stars, and night of love, / Fall gently o’er [over] the waters, / Heav’n [Heaven] around, below, above, / No more we’ll heed the shore. [v] Ah! Gently fall o’er the waters, / Heav’n around, below, above! Ah! [Français] [i] Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour, / Souris à nos ivresses, / Nuit plus douce que le jour, / Ô belle nuit d'amour! [ii] Le temps fuit et sans retour, / Emporte nos tendresses, / Loin de cet heurex séjour, / Le temps fuit sans retour [iii] Zéphirs embrasés / Versez nous vos caresses, vos baisers, Ah! [iv] Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour, / Souris à nos ivresses, / Nuit plus douce que le jour, / Ô belle nuit d'amour! [v] Ah! Souris à nos ivres, / Nuit d'amour! ô nuit d'amour! Ah!