Composer |
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre |
|---|---|
Key |
B flat major |
Meter |
6/4 |
Length |
20 measures |
French text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Un Dieu de la mer |
Un Dieu de la mer |
L’amour soumet tout le monde |
Love overpowers everybody |
Jusque dans l’onde |
Even beneath the waves |
Tout sent ses feux; |
Everything feels its fires; |
Profitons de notre jeunesse, |
Let us take advantage of our youth, |
Suivons la tendresse, |
Let us follow tenderness, |
Le trait qui nous blesse |
The arrow that wounds us |
N’est point dangereux; |
Is hardly dangerous; |
Et doit nous rendre heureux. |
And must make us happy. |
Veronika Anissimova |
“Jacquet de La Guerre’s original score was most likely written in five parts, after the tradition established by Lully. As only Ballard’s partition reduite survives, however, only the upper two instrumental parts and the basse continue are extant.” IMSLP
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