Les Papillons, Op. 2, No. 3 (Ernest Chausson)
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- Editor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-12). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central.
- Editor: Pierre Gouin (submitted 2006-03-29). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 124 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright © Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006. Scroll down to 3. Les Papillons.
General Information
Title: Les Morts, Op. 17 No. 1)
Composer: Ernest Chausson
Lyricist: Jean Richepincreate page (1849-1926)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
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Original text and translations
French text
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 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.