Les papillons
Music: Marie Jaëll (1846–1925) · Words: Jean Richepin (1849–1926)
Papillons,
ô papillons,
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The words
Papillons,
ô papillons,
Restez au ras des sillons. Tout au plus courez
la brande. C'est assez pour vos ébats.
Qu'allezvous faire làbas, Tout petits sur
la mer grande?
Laissenous, décourageux! Il faut bien voir
d'autres jeux Que ceux dont on a coutume.
Quand on est las- sé du miel,
Ne saistu pas que le fiel Est doux par son
amertume?
Mais des fleurs pour vos repas, Làbas vous
n'en aurez pas. On n'en trouve que sur terre.
Pauvres petits malheureux, Vous mourrez le
ventre creux
Sur l'eau nue et solitai- re.
Ô l'ennuyeux raisonneur Qui met sur notre
bonheur L'éteignoir d'avis moroses!
Ne voistu pas que ces prés Liquides sont
diaprés De lys, d'œillets et de roses?
Papillons vous êtes fous. Ces fleurslà,
m'entendezvous, Ce sont des vagues amères
Où les rayons miroitants Font éclore le
prin- temps Dans un jardin de chi- mères.
Qu'im- porte si nous croyons Aux fleurs de
qui ces rayons Dorent la belle imposture!
Dûton ne point les saisir, N'estce pas
en- cor plaisir Que d'en risquer l'aventure?
Allez, vous a- vez raison. Comme vous à
l'horizon Mes vœux portent leur offrande.
Poètes et papillons, Partons en gais
tourbillons, Tout petits
sur la mer grande.
About this song
- Music
- Marie Jaëll (1846–1925) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Jean Richepin (1849–1926) (dates as IMSLP states them)
- Language
- French, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1893, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 1:41
- Its source files it as
- La mer
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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