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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

L'aube naît et ta porte est close
 (Sung text for setting by J. Rosenhain)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
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!

   Ô ma charmante, 
   Écoute ici 
   L'amant qui chante
   Et pleure aussi !

Je t'adore, ange, et t'aime, femme.
Dieu qui pour toi m'a complété
A fait mon amour par ton âme,
Et mon regard pour ta beauté !

   Ô ma charmante,
   Écoute ici 
   L'amant qui chante
   Et pleure aussi !

Composition:

    Set to music by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "L'aube naît et ta porte est close", subtitle: "Sérénade", published [1865] [ voice, unaccompanied ], Paris, Éd. A. Huré

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


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 105

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