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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer
Rêve d'amour See original
Language: French (Français)
S'il est un charmant gazon Que le ciel arrose, Où naisse en toute saison Quelque fleur éclose, Où l'on cueille à pleine main Lys, chèvrefeuille et jasmin, J'en veux faire le chemin Où ton pied se pose ! S'il est un sein bien aimant Dont l'honneur dispose ! Dont le ferme dévoûement N'ait rien de morose, Si toujours ce noble sein Bat pour un digne dessein, J'en veux faire le coussin Où ton front se pose ! S'il est un rêve d'amour, Parfumé de rose, Où l'on trouve chaque jour Quelque douce chose, Un rêve que Dieu bénit, Où l'âme à l'âme s'unit, Oh ! j'en veux faire le nid Où ton cœur se pose !
Composition:
- Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Rêve d'amour", op. 5 no. 2 (1862?), first performed 1874 [ medium voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), title 1: "S'il est un charmant gazon", title 2: "Nouvelle chanson sur un vieil air", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 22, first published 1834
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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) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "如果有一個迷人的草地", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "If there be a lovely grassy plot", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "If I knew a meadow fair", first published 1911
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Sogno d'amore", copyright © 2009, (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: 24
Word count: 114
Dream of love See original
Language: English after the French (Français)
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If there is a charming lawn which heaven waters, where appearing in every season is some blooming flower, Where one picks hands full of lilies, honeysuckle and jasmine, I would like to make of it a pathway where your foot might step! If there is a loving breast where honor lives! Whose firm devotion is never morose, If always this noble breast beats for a worthy purpose, I wish to make of it the cushion on which your head might rest! If there is a dream of love perfumed with roses, where every day we find some sweet thing, a dream that God blesses, where souls are united, oh! I wish to make of it the nest where your heart might remain!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2019 by Amy Pfrimmer, (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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), title 1: "S'il est un charmant gazon", title 2: "Nouvelle chanson sur un vieil air", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 22, first published 1834
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 123