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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Passant, qu’es‑tu ? je te connais
Language: French (Français) 
— Passant, qu’es-tu ? je te connais.
Mais, étant spectre, ombre et nuage,
Tu n’as plus de sexe ni d’âge.
— Je suis ta mère, et je venais !

— Et toi dont l’aile hésite et brille,
Dont l’œil est noyé de douceur,
Qu’es-tu, passant ? — Je suis ta sœur.
— Et toi, qu’es-tu ? — Je suis ta fille.

— Et toi, qu’es-tu, passant ? — Je suis
Celle à qui tu disais : Je t’aime !
— Et toi ? — Je suis ton âme même. —
Oh ! cachez-moi, profondes nuits !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Victor Hugo, Les Contemplations, Paris, Nelson, 1911, page 387.


Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Les Contemplations, in 6. Livre sixième -- Au bord de l'infini, no. 12 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Thierry Escaich (b. 1965), "Aux Anges qui nous voient", 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. 2, Éditions Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexis Jean Hubert Rostand (1844 - 1919), "Aux Anges qui nous voient", subtitle: "Dialogue entre Le Poète et La Voix" [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 13, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Fils [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-05-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 86

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