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by Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850)

Mon cœur, lève‑toi! Déjà l'alouette
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mon cœur, lève-toi! Déjà l'alouette
Secoue en chantant son aile au soleil.
Ne dors plus, mon cœur, car la violette
Élève à Dieu l'encens de son réveil.

Chaque fleur vivante et bien reposée
Ouvrant tour à tour les yeux pour se voir
A dans son calice un peu de rosée,
Perle d'un jour, qui lui sert de miroir.

On sent dans l'air pur que l'ange des roses
A passé la nuit à bénir les fleurs.
On voit que pour lui toutes sont écloses
Il vient d'en haut raviver leurs couleurs.

Ainsi, lève-toi. Puisque l'alouette
Secoue en chantant son aile au soleil
Rien ne dort plus, mon cœur, car la violette
Élève à Dieu l'encens de son réveil.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850), "Chant d'une jeune fille", appears in Modeste Mignon ou les trois amoureux, in Scènes de la vie privée, Chapter 28, "Péripétie prévue" [author's text not yet checked 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 Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871), "Chant d'une jeune fille" [ high voice and piano ], in the novel "Modeste Mignon", pages 151-155, in the edition Manz, Vienna chez Gibert à Paris [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Réveil", op. 11 no. 2 (1886) [ vocal duet with piano ], from Deux Duos, no. 2, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The Awakening", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 117

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