Les fleurs et les arbres (Camille Saint-Saëns)
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- CPDL #3024: Sibelius
- Editor: Stuart McIntosh (submitted 2001-09-30). Score information: A4, 68 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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Title: Les fleurs et les arbres
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
French text
Les fleurs et les arbres,
Les bronzes, les marbres,
Les ors, les émaux,
La mer, les fontaines,
Les monts et les plaines
Consolent nos maux.
Nature éternelle
Tu sembles plus belle
Au sein des douleurs,
Et l'art nous domine,
Sa flame illumine
Le rire et les pleurs.
English translation
The flowers and the trees,
The bronzes, the marbles,
The golds, the enamels,
The sea, the fountains (waterfalls),
The mountains and the plains
Console our pain.
Eternal nature,
You seem more beautiful
To a heart in sorrow,
And art reigns over us,
Its flame illuminates
the laughter and tears.