by
Antoine Danchet (1671 - 1748)
Charmant Papillon
Language: French (Français)
Charmant papillon dont l'aile d'or passe
Dans l'espace
Comme une fleur!
Que ne puis-je, sur ta trace,
M'envoler avec toi comme une soeur!
Charmant papillon dont l'aile d'or passe
Dans l'espace
Comme une fleur!
Je voudrais voler avec toi
Comme une soeur!
C'est à peine si tu te poses,
Sur la feuille tender des roses,
Dans l'espace que tu parcours,
Ah!
Que tes bons jours sont cours!
Charmant papillon dont l'aile d'or passe
Dans l'espace
Comme une fleur!
Je voudrais voler avec toi
Comme une soeur!
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Charming Butterfly", written 2004, copyright © 2004 by Faith J. Cormier, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 86
Charming Butterfly
Language: English after the French (Français)
Charming butterfly, whose golden wing
fills space
like a flower!
Why can't I fly away
behind you like a sister?
Charming butterfly, whose golden wing
traverses space
like a flower!
I would like to fly with you
like a sister!
You barely alight
on the tender rose leaf
in the space you flit through.
Oh,
how brief your good days!
Charming butterfly, whose golden wing
fills space
like a flower!
I want to fly with you
like a sister!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2004 by Faith J. Cormier; translation by Faith J. Cormier, (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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