by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Language: French (Français)
L'aube naît, et ta porte est close !
Ma belle, pourquoi sommeiller ?
À l'heure où s'éveille la rose
Ne vas-tu pas te réveiller ?
Ô ma charmante,
Écoute ici
L'amant qui chante
Et pleure aussi !
Toute frappe à ta porte bénie.
L'aurore dit : Je suis le jour !
L'oiseau dit : Je suis l'harmonie !
Et mon cœur dit : Je suis l'amour!
...
Composition:
- Set to music by Frédéric d'Erlanger, Baron (1868 - 1943), "Aubade", published 1895, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Six Songs, no. 1, London: Willcocks & Co., also set in English
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Autre chanson", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 23
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Toru Dutt) , appears in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields, 2nd edition
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 105