| Les pêcheurs de perles (original) | Les pêcheurs de perles (translation) |
|---|---|
| Je crois entendre encore, | I think I still hear, |
| Caché sous les palmiers, | Hidden under the palm trees, |
| Sa voix, tendre et sonore, | His voice, tender and sonorous, |
| Comme un chant de ramier! | Like a woodpigeon song! |
| Ô nuit enchanteresse! | O enchanting night! |
| Divin ravissement! | Divine delight! |
| Ô souvenir charmant! | O charming memory! |
| Folle ivresse! | Mad drunkenness! |
| Doux rêve. | Sweet dream. |
| Aux clartés des étoiles, | In starlight, |
| Je crois encore la voir, | I still think I see her, |
| Entrouvrir ses longs voiles, | Half open its long veils, |
| Aux vents tièdes du soir! | To the warm evening winds! |
| Ô nuit enchanteresse! | O enchanting night! |
| Divin ravissement! | Divine delight! |
| Ô souvenir charmant! | O charming memory! |
| Folle ivresse! | Mad drunkenness! |
| Doux rêve. | Sweet dream. |
| Charmant souvenir! | Charming memory! |
| Divin souvenir! | Divine memory! |
