Held captive and perhaps forgotten

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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

L'esclave

(Sung text for setting by E. Lalo)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Captive et peut-être oubliée,
Je songe à mes jeunes amours,
          À mes beaux jours,
Et par la fenêtre grillée
Je regarde l'oiseau joyeux
          Fendant les cieux.

 ... 

Auprès de lui, belle Espérance,
Porte-moi sur tes ailes d'or,
          S'il m'aime encor,
Et, pour endormir ma souffrance,
Suspends mon âme sur son cœur
          Comme une fleur !

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

Note: written for the musician Charles de Boigne

Composition:

Edouard Lalo

Text Authorship:

by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "L'esclave", written 1840, appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845

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ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 78

The slave girl

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Lalo)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Held captive and perhaps forgotten,
I dream of my young loves,
          Of my halcyon days,
And through the barred window
I see the joyful bird
          Splitting the heavens.

 ...

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

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a text in French (Français) by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "L'esclave", written 1840, appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845
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Word count: 60