L’aurora s’inflama

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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

L'aurore

(Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG ENG

I
L'aurore s'allume ;
L'ombre épaisse fuit ;
Le rêve et la brume
Vont où va la nuit ;
Paupières et roses
S'ouvrent demi-closes ;
Du réveil des choses
On entend le bruit.

Tout chante et murmure,
Tout parle à la fois,
Fumée et verdure,
Les nids et les toits ;
Le vent parle aux chênes,
L'eau parle aux fontaines ;
Toutes les haleines
Deviennent des voix !

Tout reprend son âme,
L'enfant son hocher,
Le foyer sa flamme,
Le luth son archet ;
Folie ou démence,
Dans le monde immense,
Chacun recommence
Ce qu'il ébauchait.

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Composition:

Gabriel Fauré

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1834, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 20

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Aurora catches fire", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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L’aurora s’inflama

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

I
L’aurora s’inflama;
l’ombra espessa s’enfuig;
el somni i la boira
se’n van on va la nit;
parpelles i roses
s’obren mig closes;
del despertar de les coses
se sent la remor.

Tot canta i murmura,
tot parla alhora,
fum i verdor,
els nius i les teulades;
el vent parla als roures,
l’aigua parla a les fonts;
totes les alenades
esdevenen veus.

Tot recobra la seva ànima,
l’infant el seu sonall,
la llar la seva flama,
el llaüt el seu arquet;
follia o demència,
en el món immens,
tothom reprèn
el que havia esbossat.

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