translate English to French: The first was the work of a scholar from Saint-Rémy, Adolphe Michel, who had frequented Gounod during his stay in Saint-Rémy; this poet, who died in 1904, had carried out his work on the original version of Mireille which he transcribed entirely.
La première fut l’œuvre d’un érudit Saint-Rémois, Adolphe Michel qui avait fréquenté Gounod lors de son séjour à Saint-Rémy, ce poète qui mourut en 1904 avait réalisé son travail sur la version originale de Mireille, qu’il avait transcrite entièrement.