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Agite, bon cheval, ta crinière fuyante,
Que l'air autour de nous se remplisse de voix !
Que j'entende craquer sous ta corne bruyante
Le gravier des ruisseaux et les débris des bois.
Aux vapeurs de tes flancs mêle ta chaude haleine,
Aux éclairs de tes pieds, ton écume et ton sang !
Cours, comme on voit un aigle, en effleurant la plaine
Fouetter l'herbe d'un vol sonore et frémissant !
...
Nage ainsi dans l'espace, ô mon cheval rapide,
Abreuve-moi d'air pur, baigne-moi dans le vent ;
L'étrier bat ton ventre, et j'ai lâché la bride.
Mon corps te touche à peine, il vole en te suivant.
Brise tout, le buisson, la barrière ou la branche ;
Torrents, fossés, talus, franchis tout d'un seul bond ;
Cours, je rêve, et sur toi, les yeux clos, je me penche...
Emporte, emporte-moi dans l'inconnu profond!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Le galop", op. 29 no. 5 (1912), published 1913, stanzas 1-2,4-5 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Stances d'amour et de rêve, no. 5, Éd. Durand et Cie
Text Authorship:
- by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Le galop", written 1865, appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in 4. Mélanges, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , "Galop", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "The gallop", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "The gallop", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "The gallop", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 176
Shake good horse, your fleeing mane,
Let the air around us fill with voices!
Let me hear the gravel from streams and the debris of the woods
Crack under your noisy hooves
Your hot breath, is mixed with the vapors of your flanks
Your lather and your blood with the lightning of your feet,!
Run like we see an eagle, grazing the plain,
Whip the grass with a loud and trembling flight!
...
Like this, swim in the space, oh my swift horse,
Let me drink the fresh air, bathe me in the wind;
The stirrup beats your belly, and I let go of the bridle.
My body barely touches you, it flies following you.
Break everything, the bush, the fence or the branch;
Torrents, ditches, embankments, all crossed in one leap;
Run, I dream, and on you, eyes closed, I lean...
Take me, take me away into the deep unknown!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2020 by Amy Pfrimmer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Le galop", written 1865, appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in 4. Mélanges, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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This text was added to the website: 2020-02-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 150