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by Lucile de Chateaubriand (1764 - 1804)

L'innocence
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Fille du ciel, aimable innocence,
Si j'osais de quelques-uns de tes traits 
essayer une faible peinture,
Je dirais que tu tiens lieu de vertu à l'enfance,
De sagesse au printemps de la vie,
De beauté à la vieillesse 
et de bonheur à l'infortune ;
Qu'étrangère à nos erreurs, 
tu ne verses que des larmes pures,
Et que ton sourire n'a rien que de céleste.
Belle innocence ! Mais quoi ! les dangers t'environnent,
L'envie t'adresse tous ses traits : 
trembleras-tu, modeste innocence ?
Chercheras-tu à te dérober 
aux périls qui te menacent ?
Non, je te vois debout, endormie, 
la tête appuyée sur un autel.

Text Authorship:

  • by Lucile de Chateaubriand (1764 - 1804) [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "L'innocence", op. 10 no. 3 (1913), published 1914 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes en prose de Lucile de Chateaubriand, no. 3, Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (John Wagstaff) , "Innocence", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-01
Line count: 17
Word count: 99

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