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by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet
Translation © by Salvador Pila

La valse des follets
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT
Les follets valsent sur les eaux ;
Ils valsent sur l’eau brune,
Passant entre les roseaux
Au clair de la lune.

Dans les roseaux à qui le vent,
Sur l’île déserte,
Fair chanter, en les soulevant,
Leur valse verte.

Ils dansent, les joyeux lutins,
Dans la blanche lumière,
Ils vont danser jusqu’au matin
Luer valse coutumière :

Le rythme est enlaçant
L'orchestre des roseaux entraîne,
Sautant, tourbillonnant, valsant,
Les esprits de la plaine.

L'étoile du matin, seule dans le ciel luit,
Les follets valsent encore.
Mais soudain, les danseurs on fui.
Voici l'aurore !

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "La valse des follets", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 11 [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 (Alexandre) Charles Lecocq (1832 - 1918), "La valse des follets", 1903?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Frissons, no. 11, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El vals dels follets", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Laura Stanfield Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 91

El vals dels follets
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the French (Français) 
Els follets valsen damunt les aigües;
valsen damunt l'aigua bruna,
lliscant entre els joncs
a la llum de la lluna.

En els joncs, que el vent,
a l'illa deserta,
fa cantar, tot aixecant-los,
llur vals verd.

Ballen, els eixerits  follets,
en la llum blanca,
ballaran fins al matí
llur vals habitual:

el ritme s'entrellaça;
l'orquestra de joncs engresca,
saltant, giravoltant, valsant,
els esperits de la plana.

L'estel  del matí, tot sol al cel, brilla,
els follets encara valsen.
Però de sobte, els ballarins han fugit.
Ha arribat l'alba!

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  • Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "La valse des follets", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 11
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 88

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