Lyrics of Delibes: The Flower Duet (From "Lakmé") - Katherine Jenkins, Kiri Te Kanawa, Philharmonia Orchestra

Delibes: The Flower Duet (From "Lakmé") (original)

Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s’assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin
Doucement glissons De son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l’onde frémissante
D’une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord
Où la source dort et
L’oiseau, l’oiseau chante
Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin
Ah!
descendons
Ensemble!
Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s’assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble
Doucement glissons de son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l’onde frémissante
D’une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord
Où la source dort et
L’oiseau, l’oiseau chante
Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin
Ah!
descendons
Ensemble!
Translation:
Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Gently floating on it’s charming risings
On the river’s current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps and
The birds, the birds sing
Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah!
calling us
Together!
Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together
Gently floating on it’s charming risings
On the river’s current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps
And the birds, the birds sing
Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah!
calling us
Together!

(translation)

Under the thick dome where white jasmine
To the rose gathers
On the blooming shore laughing in the morning
Gently glide away from her lovely flow
Let's follow the receding current
In the quivering wave
With a careless hand
Come on, let's get to the edge
Where the source sleeps and
The bird, the bird sings
Under the thick dome or the jasmine white
Ah!
let's go down
Whole!
Under the thick dome where white jasmine
To the rose gathers
On the blooming shore laughing in the morning
Come on, let's go down together
Gently slip away from her charming stream
Let's follow the receding current
In the quivering wave
With a careless hand
Come on, let's get to the edge
Where the source sleeps and
The bird, the bird sings
Under the thick dome or the jasmine white
Ah!
let's go down
Whole!
Translation:
Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Gently floating on it's charming risings
On the river's current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps and
The birds, the birds sing
Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah!
calling us
Together!
Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together
Gently floating on it's charming risings
On the river's current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps
And the birds, the birds sing
Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah!
calling us
Together!