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sometimes misattributed to Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) and by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

Aubade
 (Sung text for setting by P. Viardot)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
L'aube est bien tardive à naître, 
Il a neigé cette nuit ; 
Mais déjà sous ta fenêtre 
Mon fol amour m'a conduit.

Je tremble, mais moins encore 
Du froid que de ma langueur ; 
Le frisson du luth sonore 
Se communique à mon cœur.

Ému comme un petit page, 
J'attends le moment plus sûr 
Où j'entendrai le tapage 
De tes volets contre ton mur ;

Et la minute me dure 
Où m'apparaîtra soudain, 
Dans son cadre de verdure, 
Ton sourire du matin.

Misattributed to Michel Carré on Paul Viardot's score, Paris, 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel, 1887.

Composition:

    Set to music by Paul Viardot (1857 - 1941), "Aubade", published 1887 [ high voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, poésies de T. Gautier, M. Carré, Sully Prudhomme et M. Bouchor, no. 2, Paris, Henri Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)
  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Aubade", appears in Le cahier rouge, no. 27, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1874

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Dawn serenade", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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