Oh, girls! Come, sweet-voiced girls!

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by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Chanson

(Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Oh ! les filles ! Venez, les filles aux voix douces !
C'est l'heure d'oublier l'orgueil et les vertus,
Et nous regarderons éclore dans les mousses
  La fleur des baisers défendus.

Les baisers défendus, c'est Dieu qui les ordonne.
Oh ! les filles ! Il fait le printemps pour les nids,
Il fait votre beauté pour qu'elle nous soit bonne,
  Nos désirs pour qu'ils soient unis.

 ... 

Oh, filles ! Hors l'amour rien n'est bon sur la terre,
Et depuis les soirs d'or jusqu'aux matins rosés
Les morts ne sont jaloux, dans leur paix solitaire,
  Que du murmure des baisers.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Composition:

Gabriel Fauré

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Text Authorship:

by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "La Gondole", written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , no title, copyright © 2001, (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.
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Word count: 126

Song

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Oh, girls! Come, sweet-voiced girls!
It's time to forget pride and virtue,
and we will watch forbidden kisses 
bloom among the mosses.

God himself orders the forbidden kisses.
Oh, girls! He has made springtime for nesting,
and your beauty so that it will do us good,
and our desires so that they may be one.

 ... 

Oh, girls! Nothing on earth is good without love.
From golden evenings to rosy mornings,
the dead in their lonely peace
envy us only the murmur of kisses.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

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a text in French (Français) by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "La Gondole", written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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