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by Edward Maitland (1824 - 1897), as Herbert Ainslie
Translation Singable translation by Charles Ligny (1812 - 1889)

La fleur du foyer
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Fleur de nos champs sur la montagne aride souffrait ! ...
Pauvre fleur, fuis ce roc perfide !
Oh ! ma fleur, mon cœur te cherchait !
Viens sous mon toit, qui t'attendait ;
Viens, car j'ai de l'amour pour embellir ta vie, j'étais seul, amie,
Mon cœur te réclamait ! Fuis l'ouragan, lys isolé,
L'ardent soleil qui t'a brulé,
Et ce désert fatal et désolé !
Car Dieu qui t'aime, lui même, le veut ... tu m'appartiens ! ...
Viens ! ... viens ! ...

Bien des ans ont passé sur mon trésor ! ... Je chante encor :
Oh ! sois bénie ! Fleur de ma vie,
Toi qui parfumes ma maison !
Vous qu'autour d'elle l'amour appelle,
Venez, boutons chéris, venez chaque saison.
Ange gardien de ma maison !
Ô mes amours ! Toujours croissez et fleurissez, 
vous êtes ma moisson ! Oh ! fleur chérie !
Maison bénie ! Oh ! mes amours,
Boutons charmants, croissez toujours !

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Charles Ligny (1812 - 1889) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English by Edward Maitland (1824 - 1897), as Herbert Ainslie, written 1868, appears in The Pilgrim and the Shrine
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "La fleur du foyer", CG. 416 (1871) [ high voice and piano ], London, Rudall, Carte & Co., also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 133

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