by
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: CAT CHI ENG ENG
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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.
Qu'on pense ou qu'on aime,
Sans cesse agité,
Vers un but suprême,
Tout vole emporté ;
L'esquif cherche un môle,
L'abeille un vieux saule,
La boussole un pôle,
Moi la vérité.
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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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Line count: 139
Word count: 502
Language: English after the French (Français)
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The dawn lights up;
The thick shadows flee;
Dreams and mist
go where night goes;
Eyelids and roses
are half opened;
We hear the sounds
of things awakening.
Everything sings and murmurs,
everything speaks at once,
smoke and greenery,
nests and rooftops;
The breeze speaks to the oaks,
water speaks to the fountains;
Every breath
becomes a voice!
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