| Les contes d’Hoffmann
| Hoffmann's Tales
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| Jacques Offenbach
| Jacques Offenbach
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| Le temps fuit et sans retour
| Time flies and there's no turning back
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| Emporte nos tendresses,
| Take away our tenderness,
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| Loin de cet heureux séjour
| Far from this happy stay
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| Le temps fuit sans retour.
| Time flies without return.
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| Zéphyrs embrasés,
| Flaming zephyrs,
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| Versez-nous vos caresses,
| Pour us your caresses,
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| Zéphyrs embrasés,
| Flaming zephyrs,
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| Donnez-nous vos baisers!
| Give us your kisses!
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| vos baisers! | your kisses! |
| vos baisers! | your kisses! |
| Ah!
| Ah!
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| Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour,
| Beautiful night, oh night of love,
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| Souris à nos ivresses,
| Smile at our drunkenness,
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| Nuit plus douce que le jour,
| Night sweeter than day,
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| Ã"belle nuit d’amour!
| Ã"beautiful night of love!
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| Ah! | Ah! |
| Souris à nos ivresses!
| Smile at our drunkenness!
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| Nuit d’amour, ô nuit d’amour!
| Night of love, O night of love!
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| Ah! | Ah! |
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| Translation:
| Translation:
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| Time flies by, and carries away
| Time flies by, and carries away
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| our tender caresses for ever!
| our tender caresses for ever!
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| Time flies far from this happy oasis
| Time flies far from this happy oasis
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| and does not return.
| and does not return.
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| Burning zephyrs,
| Burning zephyrs,
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| embrace us with your caresses!
| embrace us with your caresses!
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| Burning zephyrs,
| Burning zephyrs,
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| give us your kisses!
| give us your kisses!
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| Your kisses! | Your kisses! |
| Your kisses! | Your kisses! |
| Ah!
| Ah!
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| Lovely night, oh night of love,
| Lovely night, oh night of love,
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| smile upon our joys!
| smile upon our joys!
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| Night much sweeter than the day,
| Night much sweeter than the day,
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| oh beautiful night of love!
| oh beautiful night of love!
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| Ah! | Ah! |
| Smile upon our joys!
| Smile upon our joys!
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| Night of love, oh night of love! | Night of love, oh night of love! |