Charming Butterfly
Thomas André Campra
Charming butterfly, whose golden wing
fills space
like a flower!
Why can't I fly away
behind you like a sister?
Charming butterfly, whose golden wing
traverses space
like a flower!
I would like to fly with you
like a sister!
You barely alight
on the tender rose leaf
in the space you flit through.
Oh,
how brief your good days!
Charming butterfly, whose golden wing
fills space
like a flower!
I want to fly with you
like a sister!