Song | Lilacs are folly

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by Georges Delaquys (1880 - 1970)

Translation © by Stephen Jackson

Chanson

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Les lilas sont en folie,
Cache cache
Et les roses song jolies,
Cachez-vous.
 
Tirez les rideaux, tirez les rideaux !
Et sous les vertes feuilles
Cachez-vous !
 
Lilas et rosiers 
la belle,
la plus belle, c'est toi !
 
Beaux seigneurs et dames belles,
aime, aime, dans vos atours de dentelles,
Aimez-vous.
 
Tirez les rideaux !
Qui voudra de mon âme?
 
Aimez-vous !
Amours et baisers, la belle
la plus belle c'est toi !

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Text Authorship:

by Georges Delaquys (1880 - 1970) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Chanson", first performed 1913 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Stephen Jackson) , "Song", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Stephen Jackson

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 68

Song

Language: English after the French (Français)

Lilacs are folly
Hide and Seek
And the roses are pretty,
Hide yourself.
 
Draw the curtains, draw the curtains!
And under the green leaves
Hide yourself!

Lilac and roses 
beautiful, 
the most beautiful, it's you!
 
Fine lords and ladies,
love, love, In your lace finery
Do you like it.
 
Draw the curtains, draw the curtains!
Who will want my soul?
 
Do you like it! 
Love and kisses, oh beautiful
the most beautiful is you!

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a text in French (Français) by Georges Delaquys (1880 - 1970)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 74