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Oh ! les filles ! Venez, les filles aux voix douces ! C'est l'heure d'oublier l'orgueil et les vertus, Et nous regarderons éclore dans les mousses La fleur des baisers défendus. Les baisers défendus, c'est Dieu qui les ordonne. Oh ! les filles ! Il fait le printemps pour les nids, Il fait votre beauté pour qu'elle nous soit bonne, Nos désirs pour qu'ils soient unis. Oh, les filles ! Vos cœurs vont mourir dans les jeûnes ; Vos seins sont de beaux fruits promis aux beaux péchés. Puisqu'il faudra mourir et que vous êtes jeunes, Cueillez les pêches aux pêchers. Oh, filles ! Hors l'amour rien n'est bon sur la terre, Et depuis les soirs d'or jusqu'aux matins rosés Les morts ne sont jaloux, dans leur paix solitaire, Que du murmure des baisers.
G. Fauré sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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Confirmed with Edmond Haraucourt, Seul, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1891, pages 216-217.
Text Authorship:
- by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "La Gondole", written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Chanson", op. 57 no. 1 (1889), published 1889, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], Paris, J. Hamelle; note: from the incidental music to the play Shylock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , no title, copyright © 2001, (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.
Line count: 16
Word count: 126
Oh, girls! Come, sweet-voiced girls! It's time to forget pride and virtue, and we will watch forbidden kisses bloom among the mosses. God himself orders the forbidden kisses. Oh, girls! He has made springtime for nesting, and your beauty so that it will do us good, and our desires so that they may be one. [... ... ... ...] Oh, girls! Nothing on earth is good without love. From golden evenings to rosy mornings, the dead in their lonely peace envy us only the murmur of kisses.
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Translation of title "Chanson" = "Song"Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 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.
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "La Gondole", written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 83