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Pâquerette gentille, Sur qui brille Un matin seulement La goutte de rosée Déposée Par Phœbus, ton amant ; Ma belle Pâquerette, Si coquette, Penchant sur le sillon Ta charmante corolle, D'où s'envole Quelque blanc papillon! Sais-tu, pauvre petite Marguerite, Quel sort te fait le ciel ? Avant que ta corbeille, À l'abeille Ait donné tout son miel ; ... Avant que tu te fanes Des profanes Par ici passeront, Foulant d'un pas alerte L'herbe verte Où se cache ton front ; ... Ou tu verras, peut-être, Apparaître Là-bas, près du buisson, Quelque vieille glaneuse, Moissonneuse Récoltant sa moisson ; ... Il faut que toute chose, Fille ou rose, Soit brisée à son tour : A l'une c'est la feuille Que l'on cueille, A l'autre, c'est l'amour !
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,6,8,13 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "La pâquerette", CG. 420 (1870), published 1871, stanzas 1-3,6,8,13 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824 - 1895), "Les conseils a la marguerite", written 1840, appears in Péchés de jeunesse
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (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: 78
Word count: 275
Kind daisy, On whom gleams For only one morning, A drop of dew Deposited By Phoebus, your lover! My beautiful daisy So coquettish Leaning over the earth, Your charming outermost petal, From where takes flight, Some white butterfly! Do you know, poor little daisy, What heaven has in store for you Before your crown Gives all its honey To the honeybee? ... Before you fade Some people Will pass by here, Trampling with a swift step The green grass Where you hide your face! ... Or you’ll see, perhaps, Appearing, Over there, near the bush, Some old lady gleaner, Or lady harvester Gathering in the harvest! ... All living things, Whether girl or rose, Must run their course, For one, it’s the leaf That is lost, For the other it’s love!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,6,8,13 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824 - 1895), "Les conseils a la marguerite", written 1840, appears in Péchés de jeunesse
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-04
Line count: 78
Word count: 128