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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Je ne veux pas autre chose
 (Sung text for setting by C. Widor)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
 ... 

Je ne veux pas d'autres choses 
Que ton sourire et ta voix, 
De l'air, de l'ombre et des roses, 
Et des rayons dans les bois ! 

Je ne veux, moi qui me voile 
Dans la joie ou la douleur, 
Que ton regard, mon étoile ! 
Que ton haleine, ô ma fleur ! 

Sous ta paupière vermeille 
Qu'inonde un céleste jour, 
Tout un univers sommeille. 
Je n'y cherche que l'amour ! 

 ... 

Ange aux yeux pleins d'étincelles, 
Femme aux jours de pleurs noyés, 
Prends mon âme sur tes ailes, 
Laisse mon cœur à tes pieds !

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Je ne veux pas autre chose", op. 43 no. 1, stanzas 4-6,13 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 19, Éd. J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Les Rayons et les Ombres, no. 24, first published 1840

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 52
Word count: 266

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