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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translation © by Peter Low

Oh! quand je dors, viens auprès de ma...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI CHI ENG ENG POR
Oh! quand je dors, viens auprès de ma couche, 
comme à Pétrarque apparaissait Laura,
Et qu'en passant ton haleine me touche... 
       Soudain ma bouche
       S'entrouvrira!

Sur mon front morne où peut-être s'achève
Un songe noir qui trop longtemps dura,
Que ton regard comme un astre se lève...
       Soudain mon rêve
       Rayonnera!

Puis sur ma lèvre où voltige une flamme,
Éclair d'amour que Dieu même épura,
Pose un baiser, et d'ange deviens femme...
       Soudain mon âme
       S'éveillera!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Les Rayons et les Ombres, no. 27, first published 1840 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 77

Oh while I sleep
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Language: English  after the French (Français) 
Oh while I sleep, come and stand by my bed
as Laura came to Petrarch where he lay.
And let your breath hover over my head -
   My pain will settle    
        and drain away!

And on my brow   in the menacing darkness
where nightmares come and all too often stay
pour down your gaze like a shower of starlight -
    My heart will waken.   
        My dream will waken.

Then place a kiss       both angelic and human
on my two lips where love again may stir to flame.
Yes, kiss me and turn from angel into woman -
  My soul will leap through
       from night into day!

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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 104

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