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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 ! ... III 9. Ô terre ! ô merveilles Dont l'éclat joyeux Emplit nos oreilles, Eblouit nos yeux ! Bords où meurt la vague, Bois qu'un souffle élague, De l'horizon vague Plis mystérieux ! ... Saint livre où la voile Qui flotte en tous lieux, Saint livre où l'étoile Qui rayonne aux yeux, Ne trace, ô mystère ! Qu'un nom solitaire, Qu'un nom sur la terre, Qu'un nom dans les cieux !
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,9,16 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "L'aurore", op. 22 no. 2 (1875), stanzas 1-2,9,16 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 8, Éd. J. Hamelle ; note: also published as op. 22 no. 3 in 6 Mélodies as reprinted by Durand
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1834, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 20
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 139
Word count: 502
I Aurora catches fire, the dense shadows vanish; the dream and the fumes go where the night goes; Eyelids and roses Open just a bit; You awaken to things, You notice sounds. All is singing and murmur, All are simultaneously talking, Smoke and foliage, Nests and rooftops; The wind whispers to the oaks, The water to the fountains; Gasps for breath Become voices! ... III O world! O all its wonders Whose vivacious radiance Makes our ears ring, Dazzles our eyes! Shores where the waves come to rest, Forest cut down by a breath of wind, Of a blurry horizon Mysteriously folded! ... Holy book where the veil Who drifts everywhere, Holy book where the star Who dazzles your eyes, Leaves no trace, o mystery! But a single name, But a name on the earth, But a name in the heavens.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,9,16 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2006 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1834, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 20
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-07
Line count: 139
Word count: 210