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Si l'on veut savoir qui m'envoie Ces belles fleurs, Elles me viennent d'où la joie Et les douleurs, Elles me viennent d'où ma vie Pend désormais, De celle là pour qui j'oublie Ceux que j'aimais! Si l'on cherche pourquoi je l'aime A cet excès, Hélas! je n'en sais rien moi-même; Ce que je sais C'est que dans ses yeux on voit luire Tout son esprit, Et qu'au coin de son fin sourire Mon coeur se prit! Comme un oiseau qui s'effarouche Et fuit dans l'air, Plus je le cherche sur sa bouche Plus il se perd C'est pourquoi celle qui m'envoie Ces belles fleurs Est celle d'où me vient la joie Et les douleurs!
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Text Authorship:
- by Émile Augier (1820 - 1889), "Sur un envoi de fleurs", appears in Les Pariétaires, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Michel Lévy frères, first published 1855 [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 (Charles Gustave) Alban Cocural Dorcy (1856 - 1931), "Envoi de fleurs", published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 1, Éd. V. Durdilly & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Doré (1830 - 1884), "Sur un envoi de fleurs", subtitle: "Pastorale", op. 9, published [1854] [ baritone and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Envoi de fleurs", CG 380 (1868), published 1869 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "A gift of flowers", copyright © 2016, (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: 24
Word count: 114
If you want to know who is sending me These beautiful flowers, They come to me from whence come joy And sadness, They come to me from whence my life Hangs henceforth, From her, for whom I’ll forget Everything else I have loved! If you are searching for the reason I love her To such excess, Alas! I don’t know myself; All I know Is that in her eyes shines Her whole spirit, And that the corner of her smile Captures my heart! Like a bird who is startled And flies up into the air, The more I search for her smile, The more it hides. That’s why she sends me These beautiful flowers: It is she who comes from joy And from sadness!
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Augier (1820 - 1889), "Sur un envoi de fleurs", appears in Les Pariétaires, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Michel Lévy frères, first published 1855
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 124