Paroles et traduction Armand Mestral - Envoi De Fleurs

Envoi De Fleurs

Pour vous obliger de penser à moi,
D'y penser souvent, d'y penser encore,
Voici quelques fleurs, bien modeste envoi,
De très humbles fleurs qui viennent d'éclore,

Ce ne sont pas là de nobles bouquets,
Signés de la main de savants fleuristes,
Liés par des nœuds, de rubans coquets,
Bouquets précieux, chefs-d'œuvre d'artistes,

Ce sont d'humbles fleurs, presque fleurs des champs,
Mais ce sont des fleurs simples et sincères,
Des fleurs sans orgueil au libre penchant,
Des fleurs de poète, à deux sous, pas chères,

J'aurais mieux aimé de riches bijoux,
Que ce souvenir vraiment trop champêtre,
Bagues, bracelets et mille joujoux,
J'aurais mieux aimé, vous aussi peut-être,

Mais du moins ces fleurs, ce modeste envoi,
Ces très humbles fleurs qui viennent d'éclore
Vous diront tout bas de penser à moi,
D'y penser souvent, d'y penser encore

Sending Flowers

So that you will be obliged to think of me,
To think of me often, and to think of me still,
Here are a few flowers, a very modest offering,
Very humble flowers that have just blossomed,

These are not noble bouquets,
Arranged by the hands of learned florists,
Bound with alluring ribbons and bows,
Precious bouquets, masterworks of artists,

These are humble flowers, almost wildflowers,
But they are simple and sincere flowers,
Flowers without pride, with a free spirit,
Flowers of a poet, inexpensive, not dear,

I would have preferred some expensive jewelry,
To this souvenir that is truly too rustic,
Rings, bracelets, and a thousand trinkets,
Perhaps you would have preferred that as well,

But at least these flowers, this modest offering,
These very humble flowers that have just blossomed
Will whisper to you to think of me,
To think of me often, and to think of me still