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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Véhémente
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schmitt)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ah, assez dormir, la belle,
Ta cavale Isabelle
Hennit sous tes balcons
Allons, en chasse !,
Vois tes piqueurs alertes,
Et sur leurs manches vertes
Les pieds noirs des faucons.
Allons, en chasse !

Vois écuyers et pages,
En galants équipages,
Sans rochet ni pourpoint,
Têtes chaperonnées,
Trainer les haquenées,
Leur arbalète au poing.

Vois bondir dans les herbes
Les lévriers superbes,
Les chiens trapus crier.
En chasse, et chasse heureuse !
Allons, l'amoureuse,
Le pied dans l'étrier !

 ... 

Allons, mon intrépide,
Ta cavale rapide
Frappe du pied le sol
Allons, en chasse !,
Et ton bouffon balance,
Comme un soldat sa lance,
Son joyeux parasol !
Allons, en chasse !

Composition:

    Set to music by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Véhémente", op. 39 no. 1 (1905), published 1909, stanzas 1-3,6 [ SATB quartet and orchestra or piano ], from Chansons à 4 voix, no. 1, Paris: A.Z. Mathot

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Le Lever", written 1829, appears in Premières poésies, first published 1830

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 42
Word count: 183

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