by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Le rossignol
 (Sung text for setting by M. de Rothschild)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
 ... 

Je veux chanter encore
Ma joie et mes ennuis ;
Je chante avec l'aurore,
Je chante avec les nuits.

Je défie et méprise
Fauvettes et pinsons,
Et la mort seule épuise
Mon cœur et mes chansons.

Dans un buisson de roses
Mon nid fut bien caché ;
Mais, sous les fleurs écloses,
Amour m'a déniché.

 ... 

J'aime une fleur nouvelle,
La rose qui m'entend ;
J'aime, et je veux, près d'elle,
Expirer en chantant.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 6,7,1,8 of the original text.

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  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The nightingale", copyright © 2012


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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-28
Line count: 32
Word count: 139

Language: English  after the French (Français) 
 ... 

I want to sing again
My joy and my problems;
I sing with the dawn,
I sing with the night.

I defy and despise
warblers and finches;
and only death can extinguish
my heart and my songs.

In a rosebush
my nest was well-hidden;
but beneath the blossoming flowers
Love discovered me.

 ... 

I love a new flower,
the rose that listens to me;
I love it and, close to it, I want
to die while singing.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 6,7,1,8 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-29
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Word count: 159