I am the cry of joy

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by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

La chanson de l'alouette

(Sung text for setting by E. Lalo)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je suis, je suis le cri de joie
Qui sort des prés à leur réveil,
Et c'est moi que la terre envoie
Offrir le salut au soleil.

Je pars des chaumes blancs de brume ;
A mes pieds flotte un fil d'argent,
La rosée emperle ma plume,
Et je la sème en voltigeant.

Je plane et chante la première
Dans l'azur frais où l'aube éclôt ;
Je me baigne dans la lumière,
Et vais me mirer dans un flot.

Ma voix est sans note plaintive,
Je ne dis rien au triste soir ;
Je suis la chanson folle et vive
De la jeunesse et de l'espoir.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

Composition:

Edouard Lalo

German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883), "La chanson de l'alouette", written 1843, appears in Odes et Poèmes, Paris, Éd. Jules Labitte, first published 1843

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I am the cry of joy

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Lalo)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

I am the cry of joy
Which is released from the fields at their awakening;
And the earth sends me
To offer the greeting to the sun!

I am leaving the stubble-fields white with mist,
At my feet floats a thread of silver,
The dew turns my feather purple
And I sow it while flitting!

I glide and sing the first light
In the fresh blue where dawn breaks,
I bathe myself in the light
And am going to gaze at my reflection in a flood!

My voice is without a plaintive note,
I do not say anything to the sad evening,
I am the wild, lively song
Of youth and hope!

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