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Puisque j'ai mis ma lèvre à ta coupe encore pleine; Puisque j'ai dans tes mains posé mon front pâli; Puisque j'ai respiré parfois la douce haleine De ton âme, parfum dans l'ombre enseveli; ... Je puis maintenant dire aux rapides années: - Passez! passez toujours! je n'ai plus à vieillir! Allez-vous-en avec vos fleurs toutes fanées; J'ai dans l'âme une fleur que nul ne peut cueillir! Puis-que j'ai vu briller sur ma tètê ravie Un rayon de ton àstre, hélas! voilé toujours; Puis-que j'ai vu tomber dans l'onde de ma vie Une feuille de rose arrachée à tes jours; Je puis maintenant dire aux rapides années: - Passez! passez toujours! je n'ai plus à vieillir! Allez-vous-en avec vos fleurs toutes fanées; J'ai dans l'âme une fleur que nul ne peut cueillir! Votre aile en le heurtant ne fera rien répandre Du vase où je m'abreuve et que j'ai bien rempli. Mon âme a plus de feu que vous n'avez de cendre! Mon coeur a plus d'amour que vous n'avez d'oubli! Je puis maintenant dire aux rapides années: - Passez! passez toujours! je n'ai plus à vieillir! Allez-vous-en avec vos fleurs toutes fanées; J'ai dans l'âme une fleur que nul ne peut cueillir! ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4,3,4,5,4 of the original text.
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- Set to music by Joseph Henri Hippolyte Vimeux (1804 - 1847), "Fleur de l'âme: chant du crépuscule", published 1840, stanzas 1,4,3,4,5,4
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1835, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 25, Paris, Éd. L. Hachette, first published 1857
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Elena Kalinina) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Since I put my lips to your still full cup; Since I have placed my pale forehead in your hands; Since I sometimes breathed the sweet breath of your soul, perfume buried in the shadow; ... I can now say to the swift years: "Pass away! Always! I no longer have to grow old! Go away with your faded flowers; I have in my soul a flower that no one can pick!” May I see a shining beam on my delighted head from your star, alas! Veiled always; May I see a rose petal torn from your days fall into the wave of my life; I can now say to the swift years: "Pass away! Always! I no longer have to grow old! Go away with your faded flowers; I have in my soul a flower that no one can pick!” If your wing strikes it - it will not spill anything from the vase where I drink and have well-filled. My soul has more fire than you have ashes! My heart has more love than you have oblivion! I can now say to the swift years: "Pass away! Always! I no longer have to grow old! Go away with your faded flowers; I have in my soul a flower that no one can pick!” ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4,3,4,5,4 of the original text.
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- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1835, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 25, Paris, Éd. L. Hachette, first published 1857
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