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La pauvre fleur disait au papillon céleste : - Ne fuis pas ! Vois comme nos destins sont différents. Je reste, Tu t'en vas ! Pourtant nous nous aimons, nous vivons sans les hommes Et loin d'eux, Et nous nous ressemblons, et l'on dit que nous sommes Fleurs tous deux ! Mais, hélas ! l'air t'emporte et la terre m'enchaîne. Sort cruel ! Je voudrais embaumer ton vol de mon haleine Dans le ciel ! Mais non, tu vas trop loin ! - Parmi des fleurs sans nombre Vous fuyez, Et moi je reste seule à voir tourner mon ombre A mes pieds. Tu fuis, puis tu reviens ; puis tu t'en vas encore Luire ailleurs. Ainsi me trouves-tu toujours à chaque aurore Toute en pleurs ! Oh ! pour que notre amour coule des jours fidèles, Ô mon roi, Prends comme moi racine, ou donne-moi des ailes Comme à toi !
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- Set to music by Adolfo Cogni , "La Pauvre Fleur", copyright © 1977 [ voice and piano ], BMG Ricordi Music Publishing
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1834, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 27a, first published 1835
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La pobre flor le decía a la mariposa celeste: ¿No huyas! Mira: Nuestros destinos son diferentes, yo me quedo. ¿Tú te vas! Sin embargo nos amamos, vivimos sin los hombres Y lejos de ellos. Y nos parecemos, y dicen que somos Flores las dos. Pero, desgraciadamente, el aire te lleva y la tierra me encadena. ¿Suerte cruel! Me gustaría embalsamar tu vuelo con mi aliento. ¿En el cielo! Pero no, vas demasiado lejos entre flores innumerables. ¿Huyes! Y yo me quedo sola a ver girar mi sombra. ¿A mis pies! Huyes, luego vuelves, luego te vuelves a ir, ¿Resplandeces en otro lugar! Por eso me encuentras siempre cada amanecer ¿Llena de lágrimas! ¿Ah! Para que nuestro amor transcurra en días fieles ¿Oh mi rey! Toma como yo una raíz o dame alas ¿Como tú!
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Translation of the title "Le papillon et la fleur" = "La mariposa y la flor"Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2006 by Mercedes Vivas, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1834, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 27a, first published 1835
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