Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
Elle a fui, la tourterelle!
(from Les contes d?Hoffman) (The Tales of Hoffman) (1880)
Text: Jules Barbier, after his and Michel Carré?s play based on E.T.A. Hoffman
Original Key/Recorded Key: B-flat Major
Teach-Track begins: m. 1
Accompaniment Track begins: m. 1
Pianist: Daniel Michalak
Elle a fui, la tourtelle!
She has flown, the turtledove!
Ah! souvenir trop doux!
Ah! Memory too sweet!
Image trop cruelle!
Image too cruel!
Hélas! à mes genoux, je l'entends, je le vois!
Alas! At my knees, I hear him, I him see!
Elle a fui, la tourterelle,
She has flown, the turtledove,
Elle a fui loin de toi;
She has flown far from you;
Mais elle est toujours fidèle et te garde sa foi.
But she is always faithful and for you keeps her faith.
Mon bienaimé, ma voix t'appelle,
My beloved, my voice you calls,
Oui, tout mon coeur est à toi.
Yes, all my hear is for you.
Chère fleur qui viens d'éclore
Dear flower that just opened
Par pitié réponds moi!
Out of pity, answer me!
Toi qui sais s'il m'aime encore,
You who knows he me loves still,
S'il me garde sa foi!
If he for me keeps his faith!
Mon bienaimé, ma voix t'implore,
My beloved, my voice you begs,
Ah! que ton coeur vienne à moi.
Ah! That your heart would come to me.
Elle a fui, la tourterelle,
She has flown, the turtledove
Elle a fui loin de toi.
She has flown far from you.