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