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by J. P. (José María Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel) Contamine de Latour

Les fleurs
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Que j'aime à vous voir, belles fleurs
À l'aube entr'ouvrir vos corolles
Quand Iris vous fait de ses pleurs
De transparentes auréoles
vous savez seules dans nos coeurs
évoquer une tendre image
Et par vos suaves couleurs
Vous nous parlez un doux langage
Aussi messagères d'amour 
Je vous demande avec tristesse
Pourquoi le sort en un seul jour
Vous arrache à notre tendresse.

Typo noticed by Edwin Braakhuis.

Text Authorship:

  • by J. P. (José María Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel) Contamine de Latour  [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 Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "Les fleurs", 1886 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois autres mélodies, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The flowers", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Chelsea Green) , "The flowers", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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