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... À toi l'hymne d'amour ! à toi l'hymne d'hymen ! Quel autre nom pourrait éveiller mon délire ? Ai-j'appris d'autres chants ? Sais-j'un autre chemin ? C'est toi, dont le regard éclaire ma nuit sombre ; Toi, dont l'image luit sur mon sommeil joyeux ; C'est toi qui tiens ma main quand je marche dans l'ombre, Et les rayons du ciel me viennent de tes yeux ! ... N'est-il pas dans le ciel de voix qui te réclame ? N'es-tu pas une fleur étrangère à nos champs ? Sœur des anges du ciel, ton âme est pour mon âme Le reflet de leurs feux et l'écho de leurs chants ! ... Hélas ! je t'aime tant qu'à ton nom seul je pleure ! Je pleure, car la vie est si pleine de maux ! Dans ce morne désert tu n'as point de demeure, Et l'arbre où l'on s'assied lève ailleurs ses rameaux.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2, 4, 8 of the original text.
Note for stanza 1, line 1: there is a typo in Prume's score: instead of "chanterait" it says "chanteraient".
Composition:
- Set to music by François Gabriel Grast (1803 - 1871), "Ode", stanzas 1-2, 4, 8
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Encore à toi", written 1823, appears in Odes et Ballades, in 5. Odes, Livre Cinquième - 1819-1828, no. 12
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- 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.
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Word count: 328
Yours! Always yours! What would my lyre sing? To you the hymn of love! To you the hymn of innocence! What other name could waken my delirium? Did I learn other songs? Do I know another way? It's you, whose gaze lights up my dark night; You, whose image shines on my joyous repose; It's you who holds my hand when I walk in the shadows, and the rays of heaven come to me through your eyes! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2, 4, 8 of the original text.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Encore à toi", written 1823, appears in Odes et Ballades, in 5. Odes, Livre Cinquième - 1819-1828, no. 12
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-05
Line count: 36
Word count: 116