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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

L'attente
 (Sung text for setting by L. Lacombe)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Monte, écureuil, monte au grand chêne,
Sur la branche des cieux prochaine,
Qui plie et tremble comme un jonc.
Cigogne, aux vieilles tours fidèle,
Oh ! vole ! et monte à tire-d'aile
De l'église à la citadelle,
Du haut clocher au grand donjon.

Vieux aigle, monte de ton aire
A la montagne centenaire
Que blanchit l'hiver éternel;
Et toi qu'en ta couche inquiète
Jamais l'aube ne vit muette,
Monte, monte, vive alouette,
Vive alouette, monte au ciel !

Et maintenant, du haut de l'arbre,
Des flèches de la tour de marbre,
Du grand mont, du ciel enflammé,
A l'horizon, parmi la brume,
Voyez-vous flotter une plume,
Et courir un cheval qui fume,
Et revenir ma bien-aimée ?

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis (Trouillon) Lacombe (1818 - 1884), "L'attente"

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Attente", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 20

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , "Waiting", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 113

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