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... « Si tu veux, faisons un rêve : Montons sur deux palefrois ; Tu m’emmènes, je t’enlève. L’oiseau chante dans les bois. » Je suis ton maître et ta proie ; Partons, c’est la fin du jour ; Mon cheval sera la joie, Ton cheval sera l’amour. ... » Viens ! nos doux chevaux mensonges Frappent du pied tous les deux, Le mien au fond de mes songes, Et le tien au fond des cieux. » Un bagage est nécessaire ; Nous emporterons nos vœux, Nos bonheurs, notre misère, Et la fleur de tes cheveux. » Viens, le soir brunit les chênes ; Le moineau rit ; ce moqueur Entend le doux bruit des chaînes Que tu m’as mises au cœur. » Ce ne sera point ma faute Si les forêts et les monts, En nous voyant côte à côte, Ne murmurent pas : « Aimons ! » ... » Allons-nous-en par l’Autriche ! Nous aurons l’aube à nos fronts ; Je serai grand, et toi riche, Puisque nous nous aimerons. » Allons-nous-en par la terre, Sur nos deux chevaux charmants, Dans l’azur, dans le mystère, Dans les éblouissements ! ... » Tu seras dame, et moi comte ; Viens, mon cœur s’épanouit ; Viens, nous conterons ce conte Aux étoiles de la nuit. »
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 3-4,6-9,13-14,16 of the original text.
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- Set to music by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "L'enlèvement", 1865, published 1866, stanzas 3-4,6-9,13-14,16 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], Éd Richault
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Un peu de musique", appears in La Légende des siècles, in Première série (1859), in 5. Les Chevaliers errants, in 2. Éviradnus, no. 11
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (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: 71
Word count: 415
... If you wish, let's dream a dream: let's be mounted on two palfreys. You carry me, I carry you. The bird sings in the woods. I am your master and also your prey. Let's go, the day is ending. My horse will be joy, your horse will be love. ... Come! our two imagined horses are stamping their hoofs, mine in the depths of my dreams, and yours in the depths of the skies. A few things we'll need to carry: we'll take our vows, our happiness, our poverty, and the open flower of your hair. Come, evening is darkening the oaks. The sparrow laughs: he mocks us, hearing the soft clinking of the chains that you have placed on my heart. And it won't be my fault if the forest and mountains, seeing us side by side fail to murmur: "Let us love!" ... Let's travel through Austria! We'll have the dawn in our faces. I will be great, you will be rich, because we will love one another. Let's ride off overland on our two charming horses, into the blue sky, the mystery, the bedazzlement ! ... You will be a lady, I a royal count, Come, my heart expands. Come, we will tell this tale to the stars of the night.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 3-4,6-9,13-14,16 of the original text.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Un peu de musique", appears in La Légende des siècles, in Première série (1859), in 5. Les Chevaliers errants, in 2. Éviradnus, no. 11
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This text was added to the website: 2022-08-03
Line count: 71
Word count: 444