Catalan (Català) translations of Trois mélodies, opus 4

by Jules Regnaud

1. Les papillons  [sung text not yet checked]
by Jules Regnaud , "Les papillons", op. 4 (Trois mélodies) no. 2, published 1867 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, G. Flaxland
Language: French (Français) 
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 [pouvaient]1 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 mi-closes,
Fleur de mon âme, et j'y mourrais.

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Note: this poem was titled "Pantoum" in L'Eldorado and Fortunio, and titled "Les papillons" in other editions.

1 in some settings, "voulaient"; we will add further information when we obtain it.

by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)
1. Les papallones
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Les papallones de color de neu
volen en eixams damunt del mar:
belles papallones blanques, quan podré
agafar el blau camí de l’aire?

Saps, oh bella entre les belles, 
baiadera meva dels ulls d’atzabeja,
si em volguessin deixar llurs ales,
digues, saps on aniria?

Sense prendre un sol bes a les roses,
a travès de petites valls i boscos,
aniria als teus llavis mig tancats,
flor de la meva ànima, i m’hi moriria.

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Translation of title "Les papillons" = "Les papallones"


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