Romance of Cherubin

Song by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais

AIR: Malbrough s’en va-t-en guerre

FIRST VERSE

My steed out of breath,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
I wandered from plain to plain,
At the will of the charger.

SECOND VERSE

At the will of the charger,
Without varlet or squire,
There near a fountain,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
Thinking of my godmother,
I felt my tears flow.

THIRD VERSE

I felt my tears flow,
Ready to despair;
I engraved on an ash tree,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
Her letter within mine;
The king came passing by.

FOURTH VERSE

The king came passing by.
His barons, his clergy.
– Fair page, said the queen,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
Who puts you in distress?
Who makes you weep so?

FIFTH VERSE

Who makes you weep so?
You must declare it to us.
– Madam and sovereign,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
I had a godmother,
Whom I always adored.

SIXTH VERSE

Whom I always adored:
I feel I shall die of it.
– Fair page, said the queen,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
Is there but one godmother?
I shall serve as one for you.

SEVENTH VERSE

I shall serve as one for you;
I shall make you my page;
Then to my young Helene,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
Daughter of a captain,
One day I shall marry you.

EIGHTH VERSE

One day I shall marry you.
– Nay, do not speak of it;
I want, dragging my chain,
(How my heart, my heart aches!)
To die of this sorrow;
But never to be consoled.

(The Marriage of Figaro)

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

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