Les Papillons, Op. 2, No. 3 (Ernest Chausson)
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CPDL #17525:
- Editor: David Newman (added 2008-07-12). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central.
- CPDL #11348: PDF, MIDI and Finale-2005 files available.
- Editor: Pierre Gouin (added 2006-03-29). Score information: Letter, 2 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright © Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006
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General Information
Title: Les Morts, Op. 17 No. 1)
Composer: Ernest Chausson
Lyricist: Jean Richepin (1849-1926)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
Published: by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855-1899) , "Les papillons", op. 2 No. 3.
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Original text and translations
French text
Les Papillons
- Les papillons couleur de neige
- Volent par essaims sur la mer;
- Beaux papillons blancs, quand pourrai-je
- Prendre le bleu chemin de l'air.
- Savez-vous, ô belle des belles,
- Ma bayadère aux yeux de jais,
- S'ils me voulaient prêter leurs ailes,
- Dites, savez-vous, où j'irais?
- Sans prendre un seul baiser aux roses,
- À travers vallons et forêts,
- J'irais à vos lèvres micloses,
- Fleur de mon âme, et j'y mourrais.
English translation
The Butterflies
- The snow-white butterflies
- fly in swarms over the sea.
- Beautiful white butterflies, when can I
- travel the blue path of the air?
- Tell me, oh beauty of beauties,
- my dancing-girl with the jet-black eyes -
- if they were to lend me their wings,
- Tell me, do you know where I would fly?
- Not taking one kiss from the roses,
- I'd fly across valleys and forests
- to alight on your half-closed lips,
- Flower of my soul, and there I'd die.
