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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Contemplation
Language: French (Français) 
Pendant que le marin, qui calcule et qui doute
Demande son chemin aux constellations ;
Pendant que le berger, l'oeil plein de visions,
Cherche au milieu des bois son étoile et sa route ;
Pendant que l'astronome, inondé de rayons,

Pèse un globe à travers des millions de lieues,
Moi, je cherche autre chose en ce ciel vaste et pur.
Mais que ce saphir sombre est un abîme obscur !
On ne peut distinguer, la nuit, les robes bleues
Des anges frissonnants qui glissent dans l'azur.

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), appears in Les Contemplations, in 4. Livre quatrième -- Pauca Meae, no. 10 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by (Martin François) Hippolyte Mirande (1862 - 1938), "Contemplation", published [1884] [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélopées, no. 2, Paris, Éd. J. Naus [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-11-05
Line count: 10
Word count: 83

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