작품개요
오페라 '라크메'는 인도를 점령한 영국군들 횡포에 분노하는 브라만교의
고승 닐라칸타의 딸 라크메와 영국인 장교 제랄드와의 슬픈 사랑이야기. '꽃의 이중창'은 라크메가 하녀인 말리카와 함께 배를 타고 연을 캐러가면서 부르는 여성 이중창으로 사원정원에 둘러싸인 무성한 나뭇잎, 반짝이며 일렁이는 물결, 아름다운 꽃, 새들을 노래한다.
Sous le dôme épais
Où le blanc jasmin
À 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
Où le blanc jasmin
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!
Sous le dôme épais
Où le blanc jasmin
À 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
Où le blanc jasmin
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!
Flower Duet English Text Translation
Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On the river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together!
Gently floating on its charming risings
On the river's current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps
And the bird, the bird sings
Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!
Under the thick dome where white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On the river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together!
Gently floating on its charming risings
On the river's current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps
And the bird, the bird sings
Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!