Come, the grass is green! | If you're sleeping, young maiden

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by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Viens, les gazons sont verts

Language: French (Français) after the Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: DUT ENG

Si tu dors, jeune fille,
Debout, debout! voici le soleil!
Chasse de tes yeux l'indolent sommeil!
C'est l'heure du réveil!



Suis moi, vive et gentille!
Pieds nus, viens! Les gazons sont verts!
Les ruisseaux jaseurs par les bois déserts
Promènent leurs flots clairs!

Text Authorship:

by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Portuguese (Português) by Gil Vicente (c1470 - c1536), "Si dormís, doncella", appears in Farelos
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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), "Viens, les gazons sont verts", CG 390a (1872), published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Henry Lemoine (French only), also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jelle Leistra) , "Kom! De gazonnen zijn groen!", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Come, the grass is green!", copyright © 2003

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Come, the grass is green!

Language: English after the French (Français)

If you're sleeping, young maiden,
Arise, arise! Here is the sun! 
Chase indolent sleep from your eyes!
It's time to get up!



Follow me, lively and sweet [girl]!
Bare feet, come! The grass is green!
The chattering streams traverse deserted woods
With clear ripples!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2003 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Portuguese (Português) by Gil Vicente (c1470 - c1536), "Si dormís, doncella", appears in Farelos
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 44