Let us love always! Let us love again!

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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer

Aimons toujours

(Sung text for setting by C. Widor)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Aimons toujours! aimons encore!
Quand l'amour s'en va, l'espoir fuit.
L'amour, c'est le cri de l'aurore,
L'amour, c'est l'hymne de la nuit.

Ce que le flot dit aux rivages,
Ce que le vent dit aux vieux monts,
Ce que l'astre dit aux nuages,
C'est le mot ineffable: Aimons!

L'amour fait songer, vivre et croire.
Il a, pour réchauffer le coeur,
Un rayon de plus que la gloire,
Et ce rayon, c'est le bonheur!

 ... 

Venez à nous, beautés touchantes!
Viens à moi, toi, mon bien, ma loi!
Ange! viens à moi quand tu chantes,
Et, quand tu pleures, viens à moi!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,9 of the original text.

Composition:

Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor

Quarante mélodies

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Les Contemplations, in 2. Livre deuxiême -- L'âme en fleur, no. 22

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ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Let us love always

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Widor)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

Let us love always! Let us love again! 
When love leaves, hope departs.
Love is the cry of the dawn,
love is the hymn of the night.

What the waves say to the shores, 
what the wind says to the old mountains,
What the star says to the clouds, 
it is the inexpressible word: Love!

Love thinks, lives and believes. 
It has to warm the heart,
One ray of light brighter than glory, 
and this sunbeam is happiness!

 ... 

Come to us, touching beauties! 
Come to me, to you, my own, my law!
Angel! Come to me when you sing, 
and, when you cry, come to me!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,9 of the original text.

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a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Les Contemplations, in 2. Livre deuxiême -- L'âme en fleur, no. 22
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