Since day is breaking, since dawn is here

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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Puisque l'aube grandit

(Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Puisque l'aube grandit, puisque voici l'aurore,
Puisque, après m'avoir fui longtemps, l'espoir veut bien
Revoler devers moi qui l'appelle et l'implore,
Puisque tout ce bonheur veut bien être le mien,

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Je veux, guidé par vous, beaux yeux aux flammes douces,
Par toi conduit, ô main où tremblera ma main,
Marcher droit, que ce soit par des sentiers de mousses
Ou que rocs et cailloux encombrent le chemin ;

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Et comme, pour bercer les lenteurs de la route,
Je chanterai des airs ingénus, je me dis
Qu'elle m'écoutera sans déplaisir sans doute ;
Et vraiment je ne veux pas d'autre Paradis.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5,7 of the original text.

Composition:

Gabriel Fauré

La bonne chanson

Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 4, first published 1870

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Puix que l’alba s’acreix", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Since day is breaking

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Since day is breaking, since dawn is here,
Since, having long eluded me, hope may
Fly back to me, who calls to it and implores it,
Since all this happiness will certainly be mine,

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I want, guided by you, your beautiful eyes lit by gentle flames,
Led by you, in whose hand my trembling hand rests,
To march straight on, whether along trails of moss
Or on tracks strewn with boulders and stones;

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And just as I'll comfort myself during the tediousness of the journey,
By singing some innocent airs, I'll tell myself
That she will hear me without displeasure or doubt;
And truly I want no other paradise.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5,7 of the original text.

Translator's notes:
Stanza 7, line 1: "I'll comfort myself": the French verb bercer usually implies rocking, as of a boat or a cradle.

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