When you sing in the evening

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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by Peter Low

Quand tu dors

(Sung text for setting by H. Kjerulf)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER ITA

 ... 

  Quand tu dors, calme et pure,
   Dans l'ombre, sous mes yeux,
   Ton haleine murmure
   Des mots harmonieux.
   Ton beau corps se révèle
   Sans voile et sans atours... --
     Dormez, ma belle,
     Dormez toujours !

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

Composition:

Halfdan Kjerulf

Album for Mandssang

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Marie Tudor, Paris: J. Hetzel; Journée 1, Scene 5, first published 1833

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

ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2000-2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Felicjan Faleński) , "Śpiew przy gitarze", subtitle: "Z Wiktora Hugo"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 165

When you sleep

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Kjerulf)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

 ... 

When you sleep calm and pure
beneath my gaze, in the shadow,
your breathing murmurs
harmonious words.
Your lovely body is revealed
without veil or finery.
Sleep, sleep, my pretty one,
sleep on forever!

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

Notes
The stage directions before the first stanza translate as "A guitar is heard and a voice in the distance singing"; the character L'homme says "That is my man"; and then La Voix continues with stage directions that translate to "(The voice comes closer with every stanza)".

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a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Marie Tudor, Paris: J. Hetzel; Journée 1, Scene 5, first published 1833
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 176