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Aux cieux la lune monte et luit.
Il fait grand jour en plein minuit.
Viens avec moi, me disait-elle,
Viens sur le sable grésillant
Où saute et glisse en frétillant
La tarentelle.
Sus, les danseurs ! En voilà deux :
Foule sur l'eau, foule autour d'eux ;
L'homme est bien fait, la fille est belle ;
Mais garde à vous ! Sans y penser,
C'est jeu d'amour que de danser
La tarentelle.
L'homme est hardi, la fille a peur ;
Elle est rebelle, il est trompeur ;
Elle est jalouse, on se querelle ;
Puis à genoux et tour à tour
On fait la paix, on fait l'amour,
En tarentelle.
Doux est le bruit du tambourin !
Si j'étais fille de marin
Et toi pêcheur, me disait-elle,
Toutes les nuits joyeusement
Nous danserions en nous aimant
La tarentelle.
G. Fauré sets stanzas 1-2, 4
G. Doret sets stanzas 1-2, 4
Confirmed with Poésies de Marc-Monnier. Amoureuses -- Campagnardes -- Musiques -- Voyageuses -- Parisiennes -- Allemandes -- Napolitaines -- Aux unes et aux autres -- Les Morts, Genève, S. Jolimay-Desrogis ; Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1872, pages 75-76.
Text Authorship:
- by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885), "Tarentelle", subtitle: "Chanson de Lauzières", written 1872, appears in Poésies, in 2. Musiques, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gustave Doret (1866 - 1943), "Tarentelle", 1896, stanzas 1-2,4 [ piano and voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Tarentelle", op. 10 no. 2 (1873), published 1887, stanzas 1-2,4 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle (Leduc) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tarantel·la", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "塔朗泰拉舞曲", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "The tarantella", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "The tarantella", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Tarentelle", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 129
Up in the sky the moon shines bright. It conjures noontime from midnight. She said to me, "Come take my hand, "Come out onto the sizzling sand Where jumps the wriggling romance, The tarantella." Come on, you dancers! Here are two; A crowd surrounds them on the blue; The man is strong, the girl is fair; But watch out! With your thoughts take care, The game of love can fast entrance, The tarantella. [... ... ... ... ... ...] Sweet the sound of the tambourine! "If I were a daughter marine, You fisherman," she said to me, "Every night with joyful glee We'd love each other while we dance The tarantella."
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2006 by Korin Kormick, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885), "Tarentelle", subtitle: "Chanson de Lauzières", written 1872, appears in Poésies, in 2. Musiques, no. 4
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 105