by
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
Loin du pays
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Vallons de ma montagne,
Qui fleurissez là-bas!
Ruisseaux dans la campagne,
Vous reverrai-je hélas?
De la cruelle absence
Qui fait couler mes pleurs,
De la cruelle absence
Abrège la souffrance
Mon Dieu! si non, je meurs!
Et toi qui fuis la terre,
Petit oiseau béni!
Peut-être à ma chaumière
Tu suspendras ton nid!
C’est là que mon vieux père
Passe les jours en pleurs!
Dis à mon pauvre Pierre
Que loin de lui je meurs!
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "Far from home", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-08
Line count: 17
Word count: 75
Far from home
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Valleys of my [native] mountains,
Which flower below!
Streams in the countryside,
Will I see you again, alas?
This cruel absence
Which causes me to weep,
[Regarding] this cruel absence:
Shorten [my] suffering
My God! If not, I’ll die!
And you who flee this land,
Little blessed bird
Perhaps on my cottage,
You’ll build your nest!
It’s there that my old father
Passes his days in tears!
Tell my poor Pierre
That far from him, I’ll die!
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Loin du pays"
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-10
Line count: 17
Word count: 77