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

La chanson de l'alouette
 (Sung text for setting by E. Lalo)
 See original
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.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "La chanson de l'alouette", 1879, published 1880, stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott, also set in 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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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (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: 24
Word count: 156

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