by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
La chanson du fou Matches original text
Language: French (Français)
Au soleil couchant, Toi qui vas cherchant Fortune, Prends garde de choir; La terre, le soir, Est brune. L'océan trompeur Couvre de vapeur La dune. Vois, à l'horizon, Aucune maison Aucune! Maint voleur te suit, La chose est, la nuit, Commune. Les dames des bois Nous gardent parfois Rancune. Elles vont errer: Crains d'en rencontrer Quelqu'une. Les lutins de l'air Vont danser au clair De lune.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875), "La chanson du fou", op. 21 no. 12 (1868), published 1873 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Choudens
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "La chanson du fou", appears in Odes et Ballades, in 6. Ballades - 1823-1828, no. 10a
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (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.
Line count: 24
Word count: 66