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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by Peter Low

S'il est un charmant gazon

(Sung text for setting by F. d'Erlanger)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG ENG ITA

S'il est un charmant gazon
  Que le ciel arrose,
Où brille en toute saison
  Quelque fleur éclose,
Où l'on cueille à pleines mains
Lys, chèvrefeuille et jasmin,
J'en veux faire le chemin
  Où ton pied se pose !

 ... 

S'il est un rêve d'amour,
  Parfumé de rose,
Où l'on trouve à chaque pas
  Quelque douce chose,
Un rêve que Dieu bénit,
Où l'âme à l'âme s'unit,
Oh ! j'en veux faire le nid
  Où ton cœur se pose !

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Composition:

Frédéric d'Erlanger, Baron

Album of Six Songs

English

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), title 1: "S'il est un charmant gazon", title 2: "Nouvelle chanson sur un vieil air", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 22, first published 1834

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "如果有一個迷人的草地", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "If there be a lovely grassy plot", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "If I knew a meadow fair", first published 1911
ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Sogno d'amore", copyright © 2009, (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: 114

If there be a lovely grassy plot

(Sung text translation for setting by F. d'Erlanger)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

If there's a lovely grassy plot
watered by the sky
where in every season
some flower blossoms,
where one can freely gather
lilies, woodbines and jasmines...
I wish to make it  the  path
on which you place your  feet.

 ... 

If there is a dream of love
scented with roses,
where one finds every day
something gentle and sweet,
a dream blessed by God
where soul is joined to soul...
oh, I wish to make it the nest
in which you rest your  heart.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2000 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), title 1: "S'il est un charmant gazon", title 2: "Nouvelle chanson sur un vieil air", appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 22, first published 1834
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 123