The Flower Duet

French:
Dme Epais (from Lakm)
Sous le dme pais, o le blanc jasmin
A la rose sassemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble
Doucement glissons
De son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant:
Dans lon de frmissante
Dune main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord
O la source dort
Et loiseau, loiseau chante
Sous le dme pais
Sous le blanc jasmin
Ah! descendons ensemble!
Mais, je ne sais quelle crainte subite
Sempare de moi
Quand mon pre va seul leur ville maudite;
Je tremble, je tremble deffroi!
Pour que le Dieu Ganea le protge
Jusqu ltang o sbattent joyeux
Les cygnes aux ailes de neige
Allons cueillir les lotus bleus
Oui, prs des cygnes aux ailles de neige
Allons cueillir les lotus bleus
Ensemble
English:
Flower Duet
Under the thick dome, where the white jasmine
Assembles at the rose
On the river of flowers, laughing in the morning
Come, let's descend together
Gently, let's slip
Around its charming flood
Let's follow the fleeing current:
In one trembling hand
One nonchalant
Come, let's find the bank
Where the source sleeps
And the bird, the bird sings
Under the thick dome
Under the white jasmine
Let's descend together
But, I don't know what sudden fear
Seizes me
When my father goes alone to their cursed city;
I tremble, I tremble from fear
So that the God Ganesha protects him
Until the pond where swans with snow-white wings
Play together joyously
Let's go pick blue lotuses
Yes, near swans with snow-white wings
Let's pick blue lotuses
Together