RECORDINGS
'Chanson'
Text & Translation
Chanson ‘Les lilas sont en folie’
French source:
Georges Delaquys
Cache cache
Et les roses sont jolies,
Cachez-vous.
Tirez les rideaux, tirez les rideaux !
Et sous les vertes feuilles
Cachez-vous !
Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Lilas et rosiers
la belle,
la plus belle, c'est toi !
Beaux seigneurs et dames belles,
aime, aime,
dans vos atours de dentelles,
Aimez-vous.
Tirez les rideaux !
Qui voudra de mon âme?
Aimez-vous !
Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Amours et baisers, la belle
Ah ah! Ah ah!
la plus belle c'est toi !
Song ‘The lilacs are inflamed’
English translation ©
Anon.
Hide-and-seek,
And the roses are pretty,
Hide yourself.
Draw the curtains, draw the curtains!
And beneath the green leaves
Hide yourself!
Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Lilacs and rose-bushes Ah ah!
The fair one, Ah ah! Ah ah!
The fairest one is you!
Handsome lords and beautiful ladies,
Love, love,
In your silken finery,
Love.
Draw the curtains, draw the curtains!
Who would like my soul?
Love!
Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Love! Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Love and kisses, ah the fair one,
Ah ah! the fairest one is you!
Chanson ‘Les lilas sont en folie’
French source:
Georges Delaquys
Song ‘The lilacs are inflamed’
English source:
Anon.
Les lilas sont en folie,
The lilacs are inflamed,
Cache cache
Hide-and-seek,
Et les roses sont jolies,
And the roses are pretty,
Cachez-vous.
Hide yourself.
Tirez les rideaux, tirez les rideaux !
Et sous les vertes feuilles
Cachez-vous !
Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Draw the curtains, draw the curtains!
And beneath the green leaves
Lilas et rosiers
Hide yourself!
la belle,
la plus belle, c'est toi !
Beaux seigneurs et dames belles,
aime, aime,
dans vos atours de dentelles,
Aimez-vous.
Tirez les rideaux !
Qui voudra de mon âme?
Aimez-vous !
Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Ah ah! Ah ah! Ah ah!
Amours et baisers, la belle
Lilacs and rose-bushes Ah ah!
Ah ah! Ah ah!
The fair one, Ah ah! Ah ah!
la plus belle c'est toi !
The fairest one is you!
Composer
Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger and her immensely gifted younger sister Lili came from a family of musicians. Boulanger joined the Paris Conservatoire aged ten, studying harmony and composition, alongside private organ lessons. Gabriel Fauré, who taught her…
Poet
Georges Delaquys
Georges Delaquys was a French poet and playwright.
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Nadia, Henriette & Elsa 26 Oct 2023
- Mastercourse Concert 28 Oct 2017
- Mastercourse Day One 23 Oct 2017