Plaisir d’amour Sheet Music Martini / The pleasure of love

Lyrics Plaisir d’amour Jean Paul Egide Martini

Plaisir d’amour

Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment.
chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie.

J’ai tout quitté pour l’ingrate Sylvie.
(or Tu m’as quitté pour la belle Sylvie.)
Elle me quitte et prend un autre amant.
(or Elle te quitte pour un autre amant.)

Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment.
chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie.

Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie,

Je t’aimerai me répétait Sylvie.
L’eau coule encore. Elle a changé pourtant.

Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment.
chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie.
 
The pleasure of love
 
The pleasure of love lasts only a moment
The grief of love lasts a lifetime.I gave up everything for ungrateful Sylvia,
(or You gave me up for the beautiful Sylvia,)
She is leaving me for another lover.
(or She is leaving you for another lover.)The pleasure of love lasts only a moment,
The grief of love lasts a lifetime.”As long as this water will run gently
Towards this brook which borders the meadow,

I will love you”, Sylvia told me repeatedly.
The water still runs, but she has changed.

The pleasure of love lasts only a moment,
The grief of love lasts a lifetime.
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“Plaisir d’amour’” (literally “The pleasure of love”) is a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816); it took its text from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), which appears in his novel Célestine.

Jean Paul Egide Martini  Sheet Music
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