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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Si mes vers avaient des ailes
 (Sung text for setting by M. de Rothschild)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Mes vers fuiraient, doux et frêles,
Vers votre jardin si beau,
Si mes vers avaient des ailes,
Des ailes comme l'oiseau.

Ils voleraient, étincelles,
Vers votre foyer qui rit,
Si mes vers avaient des ailes,
Des ailes comme l'esprit.

Près de vous, purs et fidèles,
Ils accourraient, nuit et jour,
Si mes vers avaient des ailes,
Des ailes comme l'amour !

Composition:

    Set to music by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Si mes vers avaient des ailes", subtitle: "Romance", published [1865] [ voice and piano ], Éd. G. Flaxland

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1841, appears in Les Contemplations, in 2. Livre deuxiême -- L'âme en fleur, no. 2, first published 1856

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2016
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "Mis versos volarían dulces y frágiles", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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