Je vous bénis, forêts

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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Благословляю вас, леса

(Sung text for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Благословляю вас, леса,
Долины, нивы, горы, воды!
Благословляю я свободу
И голубые небеса!
И посох мой благословляю,
И эту бедную суму,
И степь от краю и до краю,
И солнца свет, и ночи тьму,
И одинокую тропинку,
По коей, нищий, я иду,
И в поле каждую былинку,
И в небе каждую звезду!
О, если б мог всю жизнь смешать я,
Всю душу вместе с вами слить!
О, если б мог в свои объятья
Я вас, враги, друзья и братья,
И всю природу в мои объятья заключить!
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Note for line 7 ("до краю") - this is an archaic form; the modern version would have "до края"

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, appears in Иоанн Дамаскин = Ioann Damaskin (John of Damascus), no. 2, first published 1859

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ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Je vous bénis, forêts

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)

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Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Je vous bénis, forêts, 
vallées, montagnes, eaux,
Je bénis la liberté 
et le ciel bleu !
Je bénis mon bâton 
et ce pauvre sac,
Et sur le bord de la steppe, jusqu'à sa limite,
Et la lumière du soleil 
et l'obscurité de la nuit,
Et le chemin solitaire, sur lequel, en mendiant, je vais,
Et dans le champ chaque brin d'herbe,
Et dans le ciel chaque étoile !
Oh, si je pouvais mêler toute la vie,
Pour fusionner mon âme avec vous,
Oh, si je pouvais embrasser dans mes bras
Vous, mes ennemis, mes amis, mes frères,
Et toute la nature, dans mes bras !
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