Une rose frileuse, au cœur noyé de pluie

Une rose frileuse, au cœur noyé de pluie,
Sur un rameau tremblant vient de s'épanouir,
Et je me sens repris de la douce folie
De faire des chansons et de me souvenir.

Les amours trépassés qui dormaient dans mon âme,
Doux Lazare sur qui j'ai tant versé de pleurs,
Soulèvent, en riant, leur suaire de fleurs,
Et demandent le nom de ma nouvelle dame.

Ma Mignonne aux yeux bleus, mets ta robe et fuyons,
Sous les bois remplis d'ombre et de mélancolie,
Chercher le doux remède à la douce folie.
-- Le soleil m'a blessé de ses premiers rayons !

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• by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Les Amours, in Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 1 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Prélude", op. 14 no. 1 [voice and piano], from Poème d'avril, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown ENG by Jules Massenet.
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• ENG English (Peter Low) , title 1: "Prelude", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Prelude

A delicate rose, with its heart full of rain,
has just opened on a trembling stem,
and I am gripped again by the sweet madness
of making songs and remembering!

The dead loves that lay dormant in my soul
(sweet Lazaruses on whom I've shed many tears)
laughingly lift up their shroud of flowers
and ask the name of my new lady.

Oh blue-eyed darling, put your dress on, let's run
away through the melancholy shady woods
to seek the sweet remedy for sweet madness.
- The sun has wounded me with its first rays!

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• a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Les Amours, in Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 1 GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Jules Massenet. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.