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Aime celui qui t'aime, et sois heureuse en lui. - Adieu! - sois son trésor, ô toi qui fus le nôtre ! Va, mon enfant béni, d'une famille à l'autre. Emporte le bonheur et laisse-nous l'ennui ! Ici, l'on te retient ; là-bas, on te désire. Fille, épouse, ange, enfant, fais ton double devoir. Donne-nous un regret, donne-leur un espoir, Sors avec une larme ! entre avec un sourire !
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Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "15 Février 1843", written 1843, appears in Les Contemplations, in 4. Livre quatrième -- Pauca Meae, no. 2 [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 Mel Bonis (1858 - 1937), "Épithalame", op. 75 (1907) [ duet for soprano and contralto with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Auguste Chapuis (1858 - 1933), "Aime celui qui t'aime", published 1909 [ medium voice and violin ], Paris, Éditions Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Valentine Dutry (1867 - 1942), as T. Valdury, "À une fiancée" [ medium voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thierry Escaich (b. 1965), "Va ...", 2010, published 2011, first performed 2010 [ tenor and piano ], from Guernesey. 4 mélodies pour ténor et piano sur des poèmes issus des Contemplations de Victor Hugo, no. 3, Éditions Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis (Trouillon) Lacombe (1818 - 1884), "Aime celui qui t'aime", published [1870] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "À une fiancée", 1888? [ voice and piano ], Éd. Henri Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlo Rossaro (1827 - 1878), "Aime celui qui t'aime" [ voice and piano ], from 15 Romanze e Contemplazioni in chiave di Sol con accompagnamento di Pianoforte, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Weinstötter (b. 1854), "Adieu: Aime celui qui t'aime", published 1884, from Deux Romances, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 63
Love him who loves you, and be happy in him. Farewell! Be his treasure, you who have been ours! Go, my blessed child, from one family to the other. Carry away happiness and leave us our troubles! Here, we hold you back; yonder, you are desired. Daughter, wife, angel, child, perform your double duty. Give us a regret, give them hope. Leave with a tear! Enter with a smile!
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Translations of title(s):
"À une fiancée" = "To a betrothed woman"
"Aime celui qui t'aime" = "Love him who loves you"
"15 Février 1843" = "February 15, 1843"
"Épithalame" = "Epithalamium"
"Adieu: Aime celui qui t'aime" = "Farewell: Love him who loves you"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2019 by Andrew Schneider, (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 Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "15 Février 1843", written 1843, appears in Les Contemplations, in 4. Livre quatrième -- Pauca Meae, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 69