sometimes misattributed to Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680 - 1754) and by Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672 - 1731)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Ici les tendres oiseaux
Goûtent cent douceurs secrètes,
Et l'on entend ces côteaux 
Retentir des chansonnettes
Qu'ils apprennent aux échos.

Sur ce gazon les ruisseaux,
Murmurent leurs amourettes,
Et l'on voit jusqu'aux ormeaux,
Pour embrasser les fleurettes,
Pencher leurs jeunes rameaux.

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Pastorale", subtitle: "Duettino", 1855, published 1856 [ vocal duet with piano ], Éd. Richault

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

  • ENG English (Allen Shearer) , "Pastorale", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Die Pastorale ", copyright © 2015, (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.
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