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Quatre mots pour Juliette, Cycle de 4 mélodies sur des billets de V. Hugo à Juliette Drouet

Song Cycle by Renaud Gagneux (b. 1947)

1. Cette lettre n'est pas une lettre
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Cette lettre n'est pas une lettre ; 
ce n'est qu'un mot, mais ce mot, 
tout court qu’il est, mon doux ange, 
renferme un baiser long comme la vie, 
et un amour long comme l’éternité.

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), written 1857

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From a letter to Juliette Drouet dated January 1, 1857. This is a prose text; we have added line-breaks arbitrarily.


Researcher for this page: Léa Pasquel

2. Cher doux ange comme je te l'ai promis
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Cher doux ange comme je te l'ai promis, 
avant de m’endormir, je pose mon cœur 
sur tes lèvres et ma bouche sur tes ailes. 
Je t’aime.

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), written 1854

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From a letter to Juliette Drouet dated March 23, 1854 11:30pm. This is a prose text; we have added line-breaks arbitrarily.


Researcher for this page: Léa Pasquel

3. J'étais tout à l'heure seul dans ta chambre
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
J'étais tout à l'heure seul dans ta chambre, 
ma bien-aimée et sais-tu ce que je viens de faire ? 
J’ai baisé tes souliers qui étaient là en les priant 
de ne jamais te conduire que du côté de mon amour.

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), written 1860

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From a letter to Juliette Drouet dated May 27, 1860.This is a prose text; we have added line-breaks arbitrarily.


Researcher for this page: Léa Pasquel

4. Dors bien. Je suis là
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Dors bien. Je suis là. 
Mais je ne veux pas te réveiller.

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), written 1834-35?

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From a letter to Juliette Drouet. This is a prose text; we have added line-breaks arbitrarily.


Researcher for this page: Léa Pasquel
Total word count: 110
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