Monte, écureuil, monte au grand chêne
Language: French (Français)
Monte, écureuil, monte au grand chêne,
Sur la branche des cieux prochaine,
Qui plie et tremble comme un jonc.
Cigogne, aux vieilles tours fidèle,
Oh! vole! et monte à tire-d'aile
De l'église à la citadelle,
Du haut clocher au grand donjon.
Vieux aigle, monte de ton aire
A la montagne centenaire
Que blanchit l'hiver éternel;
Et toi qu'en ta couche inquiète
Jamais l'aube ne vit muette,
Monte, monte, vive alouette,
Vive alouette, monte au ciel!
Et maintenant, du haut de l'arbre,
Des flèches de la tour de marbre,
Du grand mont, du ciel enflammé,
A l'horizon, parmi la brume,
Voyez-vous flotter une plume,
Et courir un cheval qui fume,
Et revenir ma bien-aimée?
Translation(s): ENG GER
List of language codes
About the headline (FAQ)
Submitted by Ted Perry
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Vincent d'Indy (1851 - 1931), "L'attente", 1872-76 [medium voice and piano], Éd. J. Hamelle [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Louis (Trouillon) Lacombe (1818 - 1884), "L'attente" [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Felipe Pedrell (1841 - 1922), "Attente" [high voice and piano], from 12 Orientales, no. 8, Milan, G. Ricordi [ sung text not verified ]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "L'attente", 1855, published 1878 [voice and piano], Éd. Richault [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), "L'attente", WWV. 55. [voice and piano], also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text verified 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , "Waiting", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:34
Line count: 21
Word count: 113
| Gentle Reminder |
This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working
on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has
never had any government or institutional funding, so if you
found
the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.
- Emily Ezust
|
|
Erwartung
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Eichhörnchen, hinauf in die Eiche,
hurtig klimmend den Wipfel erreiche,
der schwankt und zittert wie ein Rohr!
Falke, du Freund der grauen Zinnen,
streb' aufwärts vom Kirchtum mit scharfen Sinnen,
schwing' geschwind dich zur Burg von hinnen,
vom Hochkreuze zur Warte steil eimpor!
Adler du, steig' aus deinem Horste
über der Berge dunkle Forste
zum Gipfel im ewigen Schnee!
Du aber, die morgens vom Neste
jubelnd aufsteigt zur Himmelsfeste,
flieg', o Lerche, schwing' dich
mit dem Weste auf zur Höh'!
Und nun ihr all' vom hohen Wipfel,
vom Zinnenkreuz und Bergesgipfel
und vom weiten Himmelsgezelt:
O merket auf! Könnt ihr erblicken
von fern einer Helmfeder Nicken,
eines dampfenden Rosses Rücken,
dann kehret heim mein teu'rer Held.1
View original text (without footnotes)
1 on the repeat, this becomes "O könnt ihr dies erblicken,/
dann kehrt heim mein teu'rer Held!
Submitted by Melanie Trumbull
Authorship
Based on- a text in French (Français) by Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Attente", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 20 ENG
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Vincent d'Indy, Louis Lacombe, Felipe Pedrell, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Wagner. Go to the text.
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Text added to the website: 2015-08-24.
Last modified: 2015-08-24 18:52:03
Line count: 21
Word count: 116
|
