Oh, girls! Come, sweet-voiced girls!
Gabriel Fauré
Oh, girls! Come, sweet-voiced girls!
It's time to forget pride and virtue,
and we will watch forbidden kisses
bloom among the mosses.
God himself orders the forbidden kisses.
Oh, girls! He has made springtime for nesting,
and your beauty so that it will do us good,
and our desires so that they may be one.
Oh, girls! Nothing on earth is good without love.
From golden evenings to rosy mornings,
the dead in their lonely peace
envy us only the murmur of kisses.