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Text & Translation
Fleurs
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Flowers
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Promised flowers, flowers held in your arms,
Flowers from a step’s parentheses,
Who brought you these flowers in winter
Sprinkled with the sea’s sand?
Sand of your kisses, flowers of faded loves
Your lovely eyes are ashes and in the hearth
A moan-beribboned heart
Burns with its sacred images.
Flowers from a step’s parentheses,
Who brought you these flowers in winter
Sprinkled with the sea’s sand?
Sand of your kisses, flowers of faded loves
Your lovely eyes are ashes and in the hearth
A moan-beribboned heart
Burns with its sacred images.
Translations by Richard Stokes, from A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
Fleurs
Flowers
English source:
Richard Stokes
This text is still in copyright.
Promised flowers, flowers held in your arms,
Composer
Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (F7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodies, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Read the full…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Mastercourse: Concert 28 Oct 2023
- 48. Carolyn Sampson: Fleurs 15 Oct 2021
- Mastercourse Concert 27 Oct 2018