Dawn begins to come, and your door is closed!

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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Aubade

(Sung text for setting by C. Gounod)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ENG

L'aube naît, et ta porte est close !
Ma belle, pourquoi sommeiller ?
À l'heure où s'éveille la rose
Ne vas-tu pas te réveiller ?

   Ô ma charmante, 
   Écoute ici 
   L'amant qui chante
   Et pleure aussi !

Toute frappe à ta porte bénie.
L'aurore dit : Je suis le jour !
L'oiseau dit : Je suis l'harmonie !
Et moi je dit : Je suis l'amour!

   Ô ma charmante, 
   Écoute ici 
   L'amant qui chante
   Et pleure aussi !

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

Composition:

Charles Gounod

6 mélodies

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Autre chanson", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 23

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

ENG English (Toru Dutt) , appears in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields, 2nd edition
ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2016, (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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Line count: 24
Word count: 109

Dawn begins to come, and your door is...

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Gounod)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

Dawn begins to come, and your door is closed!
My beauty, why are you sleeping?
At the hour when the rose is awakening,
are you not also going to awaken?

Oh my charming one,
listen here
to the lover who sings
and also weeps!

Everything knocks at your blessed door.
Dawn says, “I am the day!”
The bird says, “I am harmony!”
And my heart says, “I am love!”

Oh my charming one,
listen here
to the lover who sings
and also weeps!

 ...

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

Translation of titles:
"Autre chanson" = "Another song"
"Le crépuscule" = "Dawn"

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Autre chanson", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 23
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Line count: 24
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