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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Les Étoiles filantes
 (Sung text for setting by E. Dell'Acqua)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Il pleut, il pleut, bergère,
Tout là-haut, tout là-bas.
La pluie est si légère
Que l’on ne l’entend pas.

Il pleut ! Cela traverse
Tout le ciel et s’enfuit.
Il pleut ! C’est une averse
D’étoiles dans la nuit.

Il pleut ! Il pleut ! Peut-être
Au firmament qui dort
Un soleil vient de naître
Comme un papillon d’or.

Il pleut ! Ces étincelles
Pour nous font flamboyer
La poudre de ses ailes
Qu’il vient de déployer.

Il pleut, il pleut, mon ange !
Courons là-bas ! Je veux
De cette poudre étrange
Poudrer tes blonds cheveux.

Composition:

    Set to music by Eva Dell'Acqua (1856 - 1930), "Les Étoiles filantes", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], In: The Winifred B. Scott (W.B.S) collection of published songs for piano, vocal and violin, from the 1900's; Enoch & Sons

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Étoiles filantes", written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 1. Floréal, no. 17, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-03-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 90

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