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Rose partons; voici l'aurore: Quitte des oreillers si doux. Entends-tu la cloche sonore Marquer l'heure du rendez-vous? Cherchons, loin du bruit de la ville, Pour le bonheur un sûr asile. Viens aux champs couler d'heureux jours; Les champs ont aussi leurs amours! Viens aux champs fouler la verdure; Donne le bras à ton amant; Rapprochons-nous de la nature Pour nous aimer plus tendrement. Des oiseaux la troupe éveillée Nous appelle sous la feuillée. Viens aux champs couler d'heureux jours; Les champs ont aussi leurs amours! Allons visiter des rivages Que tu croiras des bords lointains. Je verrai sous d'épais ombrages Tes pas devenir incertains. ... ... ... Rose, dérobons à l'envie Le doux secret de notre vie. Viens aux champs couler d'heureux jours; Les champs ont aussi leurs amours!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4, 5 (lines 1-4), 7 (lines 5-6), 8 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Les Champs", CG 356, published 1863, stanzas 1-4, 5 (lines 1-4), 7 (lines 5-6), 8 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857), "Les champs"
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- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 179
Rose, let's go; here's the dawn: Leave the soft pillows. Do you hear the sonorous bell Tolling the hour of rendezvous? Let's seek out, far from the city's noise, A safe asylum for our happiness. Come to the fields where flow happy days; The fields also have their loves! Come to the fields to walk on the grass; Offer an arm to your lover; Let's get close to nature In order to love more tenderly. The flock, awakened by birdsong, Calls to us from under the leaves. Come to the fields where flow happy days; The fields also have their loves! Let's go visit the beaches That you may think are far away. I'll see under the thick shadows That your steps become uncertain. ... ... ... Rose, let's hide from the envious The sweet secret of our life. Come to the fields where flow happy days; The fields also have their loves!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4, 5 (lines 1-4), 7 (lines 5-6), 8 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2018 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (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 Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857), "Les champs"
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