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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Proscrit, regarde les roses
Language: French (Français) 
Proscrit, regarde les roses;
Mai joyeux, de l'aube en pleurs
Les reçoit toutes écloses;
Proscrit, regarde les fleurs.

- Je pense
Aux roses que je semai.
Le mois de mai sans la France,
Ce n'est pas le mois de mai.

Proscrit, regarde les tombes;
Mai, qui rit aux cieux si beaux,
Sous les baisers des colombes
Fait palpiter les tombeaux.

- Je pense
Aux yeux chers que je fermai.
Le mois de mai sans la France,
Ce n'est pas le mois de mai.

Proscrit, regarde les branches,
Les branches où sont les nids;
Mai les remplit d'ailes blanches
Et de soupirs infinis.

- Je pense
Aux nids charmants où j'aimai.
Le mois de mai sans la France,
Ce n'est pas le mois de mai.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Chanson", written 1854, appears in Les quatre vents de l'esprit, in 3. Le Livre Lyrique -- La Destinée, no. 25 [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 Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "Le Proscrit" [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 1er volume, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julien Tiersot (1857 - 1936), "Chanson d'exil", published c1886 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Henri Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Vidal (1863 - 1931), "Chant d'Exil" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Hartmann [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2005-10-17
Line count: 24
Word count: 121

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