Open your heart | The daisy has closed its petals

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possibly by Louis Michel James Lacour Delâtre (1815 - 1893) and possibly by H. Trianon

Translation © by Ahmed E. Ismail

Ouvre ton cœur

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ITA

La marguerite a fermé sa corolle,
L'ombre a fermé les yeux du jour.
Belle, me tiendras-tu parole?
Ouvre ton coeur à mon amour.

Ouvre ton coeur, ô jeune ange, à ma flamme,
Qu'un rêve charme ton sommeil.
Je veux reprendre mon âme,
Comme une fleur s'ouvre au soleil!

Text Authorship:

possibly by Louis Michel James Lacour Delâtre (1815 - 1893) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
possibly by H. Trianon [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875), "Ouvre ton cœur", 1859-60, published 1886 [high voice and piano], from Seize mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Choudens [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , title 1: "Open your heart", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , title 1: "Apri il tuo cuore", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

Open your heart

Language: English after the French (Français)

The daisy has closed its petals,
The shadow has closed its eyes for the day.
Beauty, will you speak with me?
Open your heart to my love.

Open your heart, o young angel, to my flame
So that a dream may enchant your sleep.
I wish to reclaim my soul,
As a flower turns to the sun!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2005 by Ahmed E. Ismail, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) possibly by Louis Michel James Lacour Delâtre (1815 - 1893) and possibly by H. Trianon
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 57