I'm sleepless, and night and day my fevered brow dreams

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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Albaÿdé

(Sung text for setting by C. Widor)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ENG

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 !

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Composition:

Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor

Quarante mélodies

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Les Tronçons du serpent", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 26

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Albaÿdé

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Widor)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

I'm sleepless, and night and day my fevered brow dreams
and my cheeks run with tears 
since Albaÿdé has closed
her gazelle's eyes in the grave. 

She was fifteen. She had an innocent smile
and her love for me was unmixed. 
When she crossed her arms on her naked breast,
you would swear you saw an angel. 

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Translation of the title "Albaÿdé" = "Albaÿdé"

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a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Les Tronçons du serpent", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 26
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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