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20 M​é​lodies, Op​.​21: I. Chanson d'avril

from Aux filles du d​é​sert by Lisette Oropesa & Michael Borowitz

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Chanson d’avril
Text by Louis Hyacinthe Bouilhet

Lève-toi! lève-toi! le printemps vient de naître!
Là-bas, sur les vallons, flotte un réseau vermeil!
Tout frissonne au jardin, tout chante et ta fenêtre,
Comme un regard joyeux, est pleine de soleil!
Du côté des lilas aux touffes violettes,
Du côté des lilas, mouches et papillons bruissent à la fois
Et le muguet sauvage, ébranlant ses clochettes,
A réveillé l'amour endormi dans les bois!

Puisqu'Avril a semé ses marguerites blanches,
Laisse ta mante lourde et ton manchon frileux,
Déjà l'oiseau t'appelle et tes soeurs les pervenches
Te souriront dans l'herbe en voyant tes yeux bleus!
Viens, partons! au matin, la source est plus limpide;
Lève-toi! viens, partons!
N'attendons pas du jour les brûlantes chaleurs;
Je veux mouiller mes pieds dans la rosée humide,
Et te parler d'amour sous les poiriers en fleurs.


Song of April
Translation by Lisette Oropesa

Wake up, get up! Spring is born!
And up there on the valleys there floats a rosy mist!
Everything trembles in the garden, everything is singing and your window,
like a happy face is full of sunshine!
On the hill, the lilacs are full of bunches of purple,
On the hill, in the lilacs, bugs and butterflies are buzzing, all at once;
And the wise lily of the valley shakes his bells,
to awaken love, which has been asleep in the woods!

Since April has sown its white daisies,
Leave behind your cloak and your winter muff;
Already the bird is calling you, and your sisters, the periwinkles,
are smiling in the grass at the sight of your blue eyes!
Come let’s go! In the morning the dew is more luminous;
Get up, come, let’s go!
Let’s not wait for the day to get too hot;
I want to wet my feet in the rosy dew,
and talk to you of love, under the blossoming pear trees!

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from Aux filles du d​é​sert, released March 15, 2018

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Born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Cuban immigrants, Lisette Oropesa has ascended to the world's major operatic stages. Her lyric coloratura voice and inspiring personal story have gained her notoriety and recognition as one of the leading talents of her generation. ... more

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