by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Language: French (Français)
Je veille, et nuit et jour mon front rêve enflammé
Ma joue en pleurs ruisselle,
Depuis qu'Albaydé dans la tombe a fermé
Ses beaux yeux de gazelle.
Car elle avait quinze ans, un sourire ingénu,
Et m'aimait sans mélange,
Et quand elle croisait ses bras sur son sein nu,
On croyait voir un ange !
...
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Albaÿdé", op. 47 no. 5, stanzas 1-2 [ high voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 29, Éd. J. Hamelle
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Les Tronçons du serpent", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 26
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