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Veux-tu qu'au beau pays des Rêves Nous allions la main dans la main? Plus loin que l'odeur des jasmins, Plus haut que la plainte des grèves, Veux-tu du beau pays des Rêves Tous les deux chercher le chemin? J'ai taillé dans l'azur les toiles Du vaisseau qui nous portera, Et doucement nous conduira Jusqu'au verger d'or des étoiles. J'ai taillé dans l'azur les toiles Du vaisseau qui nous conduira. Mais combien la terre est lointaine Que poursuivent ses blancs sillons! Au caprice des papillons Demandons la route incertaine: Ah! combien la terre est lointaine Où fleurissent nos visions! Vois-tu: le beau pays des Rêves Est trop haut pour les pas humains. Respirons à deux les jasmins, Et chantons encor sur les grèves. Vois-tu: du beau pays des Rêves L'amour seul en sait les chemins.
Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Le Pays des Rêves", written 1878, appears in Les Ailes d’Or, poésies nouvelles 1878-1880, in 5. Vers pour être chantés, no. 17, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1880 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Le Pays des Rêves", op. 39 no. 3 (1884), published 1885, first performed 1884 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacôme d'Estalenx (1838 - 1920), "Le Pays des Rêves" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Le Pays des Rêves", op. 52 no. 5 (1994), published 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Armand Silvestre, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El país dels Somnis", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The land of dreams", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 134
Would you like to go hand in hand to the beautiful land of dreams? Beyond the fragrance of jasmine, higher than the seashore's moan, would you like us together to seek the way to that beautiful land? I've cut out from the blue sky the sails of the ship that will carry us; it will gently sail us as far as the golden orchard of the stars. I've cut out from the blue sky the sails of the ship that will carry us. But how distant the earth is now, trailing its white wake behind it! Let us ask the capricious butterflies for help in finding our way. Ah, how distant the earth is on which our visions blossom! You see, the beautiful land of dreams is too high for human footsteps. Together let us smell the jasmine and sing again on the seashore. You see, love alone knows the paths to the beautiful land of dreams.
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Le Pays des Rêves", written 1878, appears in Les Ailes d’Or, poésies nouvelles 1878-1880, in 5. Vers pour être chantés, no. 17, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1880
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 158