(Please Note: the following translation is © 2000 Bradley A. Slocum and is presented here only for examination by potential purchasers of the SMB edition in which it appears, along with the original French text.)

English Singing Translation of:

Gabriel Fauré: Chanson d'Amour, Opus 27, No. 1 (SMB #127)

(Song of love; text by Silvestre)

I love your eyes, I love your face, oh my rebellious, oh my cruel one. I love your eyes, I love your lips where all my kisses find their home. I love your voice. I love the strange charm of everything you say. Oh rebel dear, oh angel dear, my distress and my paradise! I love your eyes. I love the things that give you beauty, from your feet to your flaxen hair, oh you, to whom all love ascends, oh my rebellious, oh my cruel one.

(Approx. performance timing: 2:26)

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