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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

À une fleur
 (Sung text for setting by E. Lalo)
 See base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Que me veux-tu, chère fleurette,
Aimable et charmant souvenir?
Demi-morte et demi-coquette,
Jusqu'à moi qui te fait venir?

Sous ce cachet enveloppé,
Tu viens de faire un long chemin.
Qu'as-tu vu? que t'a dit la main 
Qui sur le buisson t'a coupée?

N'es-tu qu'une herbe desséchée
Qui vient achever de mourir?
Ou ton sein, prêt à refleurir,
Renferme-t-il une pensée?

 ... 

S'il en est ainsi, parle bas,   
Mystérieuse messagère;   
S'il n'en est rien, ne réponds pas;
Dors sur mon coeur, fraîche et légère.

First published in Revue des deux mondes, December 1, 1841.

Composition:

    Set to music by Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "À une fleur", 1870, stanzas 1-3,6 [ contralto and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "À une fleur", appears in Poésies nouvelles

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A una flor", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "To a flower", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 211

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