(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: Nell, Opus 18, No. 1 (SMB #135)

(Nell; text by de Lisle)

Thy rose, purple rose, in your glowing sun, oh June, effervesces in the day; bend toward me too, your charming golden cup; my heart and your rose are alike. Underneath the shelter of shady boughs there sounds an alluring sigh of love; and the turtledoves sing in the spreading boughs, oh my heart, their loving lament.

(Approx. performance timing: 2:33)

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