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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Chantez, chantez, jeune inspirée
 (Sung text for setting by M. White)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Chantez! chantez! jeune inspirée! 
La femme qui chante est sacrée
Même aux jaloux, même aux pervers! 
La femme qui chante est bénie!
La beauté défend son génie.
Les beaux yeux sauvent les beaux vers!

Moi que déchire tant de rage, 
J'aime votre aube sans orage ;
Je souris à vos yeux sans pleurs. 
Chantez donc vos chansons divines. 
A moi la couronne d'épines! 
A vous la couronne de fleurs!

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Chantez, chantez, jeune inspirée", published 1881, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co.

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "À Mademoiselle J.", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 26

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

  • ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Sing, sing, young inspired one", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 138
Word count: 773

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