Text & Translation
Rondel
French source:
Paul Collin
Un doux ensorcellement.
Pour leur joie et leur tourment
Sur les cœurs tu fais main basse.
Tous sont pris. Nul ne se lasse
De ce servage charmant.
Il se cache dans ta grâce
Un doux ensorcellement.
C'est l'affaire d'un moment,
Ton regard qui sur nous passe
Est le filet qui ramasse
Nos âmes; dieu sait comment!
Il se cache dans ta grâce
Un doux ensorcellement.
Roundel
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
A gentle enchantment.
To their joy and torment,
All hearts are taken prisoner.
All are caught. No one tires
Of this charming bondage.
There lies concealed in your grace
A gentle enchantment.
It takes but a moment –
Your gaze that surveys us
Is the net which gathers
Our souls; God knows how!
There lies concealed in your grace
A gentle enchantment.
Rondel
French source:
Paul Collin
Roundel
English source:
Richard Stokes
Il se cache dans ta grâce
There lies concealed in your grace
Un doux ensorcellement.
A gentle enchantment.
Pour leur joie et leur tourment
To their joy and torment,
Sur les cœurs tu fais main basse.
All hearts are taken prisoner.
Tous sont pris. Nul ne se lasse
All are caught. No one tires
De ce servage charmant.
Of this charming bondage.
Il se cache dans ta grâce
There lies concealed in your grace
Un doux ensorcellement.
A gentle enchantment.
C'est l'affaire d'un moment,
It takes but a moment –
Ton regard qui sur nous passe
Your gaze that surveys us
Est le filet qui ramasse
Is the net which gathers
Nos âmes; dieu sait comment!
Our souls; God knows how!
Il se cache dans ta grâce
There lies concealed in your grace
Un doux ensorcellement.
A gentle enchantment.
Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. His works are still among the most popular music in the classical repetoire, and he is widely acknowledged as the first Russian composer to make a lasting international…
