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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Enfant rêve encore
 (Sung text for setting by M. de Rothschild)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
 ... 

Enfant, rêve encore !
Dors, ô mes amours !
Ta jeune âme ignore
Où s'en vont tes jours.
Comme une algue morte,
Tu vas ; que t'importe !
Le courant t'emporte,
Mais tu dors toujours !

Sans soin, sans étude,
Tu dors en chemin ;
Et l'inquiétude
A la froide main,
De son ongle aride,
Sur ton front candide
Qui n'a point de ride,
N'écrit pas : Demain !

 ... 

Cependant sa mère,
Prompte à le bercer,
Croit qu'une chimère
Le vient oppresser ;
Fière, elle l'admire,
L'entend qui soupire,
Et le fait sourire
Avec un baiser.

Composition:

    Set to music by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Enfant rêve encore", stanzas 5-6,9 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Dans l'alcôve sombre", appears in Les Feuilles d'automne, no. 20, first published 1831

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Kde nízký oltář stojí…", Prague, first published 1877
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-12
Line count: 72
Word count: 270

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