Puix que aquí a la terra cada ànima

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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

À genoux

(Sung text for setting by H. Monpou)

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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-bas 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 !

Mon esprit qui sans voile
Vogue au hazard,
Et qui n'a pour étoile
Que ton regard !

 ... 

Reçois, mon bien céleste,
O ma beauté,
Mon cœur, dont rien ne reste,
L'amour ôté !

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4-10,12 of the original text.

Composition:

Hippolyte Monpou

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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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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De genolls

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Monpou)

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Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

Puix que aquí a la terra cada ànima
dóna a algú
la seva ànima, la seva flama
o el seu perfum;

puix que aquí a la terra cada cosa
dóna sempre
la seva espina o la seva rosa
als seus amors;

 ... 

Puix que aire a la branca
dóna l’ocell;
que l’alba a la pervinca
dóna una mica d’aigua;

puix que, quan ella arriba
per reposar-hi
l’ona recala a la riba
i li fa una besada;

jo et dono, a aquesta hora,
recolzat en tu,
la millor cosa
que tinc a dins meu!

Pren doncs el meu pensament,
trist d’altra banda,
que, com una rosada,
t’arriba en llàgrimes!

Pren els meus vots sens nombre,
oh amors meus!
Pren la flama o l’ombra
de tots els meus jorns!

Els meus transports plens d’embriaguesa,
purs de sospites,
i totes les carícies
de les meves cançons!

El meu esperit que sense vela
navega a l’atzar,
i que no té per estrella
res més que el teu esguard!

 ... 

Pren, el meu bé celestial,
oh la meva beutat,
el meu cor, del que res no en resta
privat d’amor!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4-10,12 of the original text.

NT: G. Fauré musica les estrofes 1-3, 5-9, 11, 12

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