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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

L'aurore
 (Sung text for setting by C. Widor)
 See original
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 !

 ... 

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 !

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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 139
Word count: 502

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