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Mina
Mina
Viens, Mina, viens! le soir est beauet Zéphir fait sa ronde.Que je voudrais dans mon bateaute balancer sur l'onde.Viens, Mina, viens! je meurs sans toi,la douce nuit t'appelle;ta mère dort, je veille moi,que craindrais-tu, ma belle?
Mina
Come, my love, come, the night is fair,And breezes flutter all around.How I long to row you in my boatOn the rocking waves!Come, my love, come, I die without you,Sweet night calls you;Your mother is asleep, I watch over you,What is there to fear, my love?
Translation © Richard Stokes, from A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
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Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century.
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Mina
Viens, Mina, viens! le soir est beau
et Zéphir fait sa ronde.
Que je voudrais dans mon bateau
te balancer sur l'onde.
Viens, Mina, viens! je meurs sans toi,
la douce nuit t'appelle;
ta mère dort, je veille moi,
que craindrais-tu, ma belle?
Mina
Come, my love, come, the night is fair,
And breezes flutter all around.
How I long to row you in my boat
On the rocking waves!
Come, my love, come, I die without you,
Sweet night calls you;
Your mother is asleep, I watch over you,
What is there to fear, my love?
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century.
See Full Entry
Source Text by:
Poet
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
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