by
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: CAT ENG ENG GER SPA
Puisqu'ici-bas toute âme
Donne à quelqu'un
Sa musique, sa flamme,
Ou son parfum ;
Puisqu'ici ... chaque chose
Donne toujours
Son épine ou sa rose
A ses amours ;
...
Puisque l'air à la branche
Donne l'oiseau ;
Que l'aube à la pervenche
Donne un peu d'eau ;
Puisque, lorsqu'elle arrive
S'y reposer,
L'onde amère à la rive
Donne un baiser ;
Je te donne, à cette heure,
Penché sur toi,
La chose la meilleure
Que j'ai en moi !
Reçois donc ma pensée,
Triste d'ailleurs,
Qui, comme une rosée,
T'arrive en pleurs !
Reçois mes voeux sans nombre,
O mes amours !
Reçois la flamme ou l'ombre
De tous mes jours !
Mes transports pleins d'ivresses,
Pur de soupçons,
Et toutes les caresses
De mes chansons !
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4-9 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Rêverie", 1888, published [1894], stanzas 1,2,4-9 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel
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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
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "As each soul here below", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) [singable] (Angelo Zanardini) , "Dolce pensier"
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "Ya que aquí abajo toda alma", copyright © 2007, (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: 48
Word count: 179
Language: English after the French (Français)
Since here on earth each soul
gives to another one
its music, its flame,
or its perfume;
since here on earth each thing
always gives
its thorn or its rose
to its beloved;
...
since to the branch
the air gives the bird,
since to periwinkles
the dawn gives drops of dew;
and since the ocean wave
when it comes to rest
gives a kiss
to the shore;
I give you now,
as I lean over you,
the very best thing
that I have inside me!
So accept my thought
(a sad one, as it happens)
which like the dew
reaches you as teardrops.
Accept my countless wishful words,
oh my beloved!
Accept the flame or shadow
of all my days!
Accept my passionate raptures,
free of all suspicion,
and all the caresses
of my songs;
...
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4-9 of the original text.
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