by Émile Augier (1820 - 1889)
Aimons mes sœurs
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Ma vie en ce séjour Est un ruisseau limpide Qui coule sur la mousse Et reflète le jour. Aimons mes soeurs, aimons, car la vie est rapide Et le temps est perdu qui passe sans amour.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Augier (1820 - 1889) [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Aimons mes sœurs", CG 1b (1851), first performed 1851 [ voice and piano ], from opera Sapho [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Sisters, let us love", copyright © 2018, (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: 36