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Puisqu'ici-bas toute âme Donne à quelqu'un Sa musique, sa flamme, Ou son parfum ; ... Reçois mes voeux sans nombre, O mes amours ! Reçois la flamme ou l'ombre De tous mes jours ! Je te donne, à cette heure, Penché sur toi, La chose la meilleure Que j'ai en moi ! ... Mon esprit qui sans voile Vogue au hazard, Et qui n'a pour étoile Que ton regard ! Reçois donc ma pensée, Triste d'ailleurs, Qui, comme une rosée, T'arrive en pleurs ! ... Mes transports pleins d'ivresses, Pur de soupçons, Et toutes les caresses De mes chansons !
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,8,6,10,7,9 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "Puisqu'ici-bas toute âme", op. 17 (6 Mélodies) no. 2, stanzas 1,8,6,10,7,9
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1836, appears in Les voix intérieures, no. 11, first published 1837
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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.
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Ya que aquí abajo toda alma Da a alguien Su música, su llama, O su perfume; ... Recibe mis votos innumerables, Oh mis amores Recibe la llama o bien la sombra De todos mis días. Yo te doy, en esta hora, Inclinado sobre tí, La mejor cosa Que tengo en mí ... Mi espíritu, que sin vela Boga al azar, Y que no tiene por estrella Más que tu mirada. Recibe entonces mi pensamiento, Aunque triste, Que, como un rocío, ¡Te llega en lágrimas! ... Mis transportes llenos de arrebato, Puros de sospechas, Y todas las caricias De mis canciones.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,8,6,10,7,9 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2007 by Alberto Bonati, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1836, appears in Les voix intérieures, no. 11, first published 1837
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