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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Sois heureuse
 (Sung text for setting by C. Widor)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
    Sois heureuse, ô ma douce amie,
Salue en paix la vie et jouis des beaux jours ;
Sur le fleuve du temps mollement endormie,
    Laisse les flots suivre leur cours !

 ... 

    Bientôt tu peux m'être ravie ;
Peut-être, loin de toi, demain j'irai languir.
Quoi, déjà tout est sombre et fatal dans ma vie !
    J'ai dû t'aimer, je dois te fuir !

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Sois heureuse", op. 22 no. 1 (1875), stanzas 1,3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 7, Éd. J. Hamelle ; note: also published as op. 22 no. 4 in 6 Mélodies as reprinted by Durand

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Premier soupir", written 1819, appears in Odes et Ballades, in 5. Odes, Livre Cinquième - 1819-1828, no. 1

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Be Happy", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 215

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