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Rêve d'enfance, ombre si chère, Enivre moi de souvenirs, Seul sur la terre en toi j'espère. Rien ne peut bannir ton image, Objet sans nom de mes desirs. Mon coeur te voit comme au jeune âge, Belle de joie et de soupirs. Je veux sans cesse, ô ma chérie, T'aimer et rêver ton regard. Oui douce amie à toi ma vie. Quand tu naquis des pleurs d'un ange, Tu m'apparus belle et sans fard. Oh! j'étais jeune, hélas, tout change Et pour aimer il est bien tard. L'éclair rapide a sur son aile Emporté ton frèle destin. Envain, ma belle, mon coeur t'appelle. Instant fatal où je t'ai vue, Pure comme un Lys le matin, Ton vol s'élança dans la nue Et moi j'attends, j'attends en vain.
Text Authorship:
- by Émilien Pacini (1810 - 1898) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), "Rêve d'enfance", 1835, published 1835 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ventidue composizioni vocali da camera, no. 18, Milano, Éd. Suvini Zerboni, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Dream of Childhood", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-13
Line count: 21
Word count: 127
Dream of childhood, shadow so dear, Intoxicate me with memories, Only on earth in you do I hope Nothing can banish your image, Nameless object of my desires. My heart sees you as at a young age Beautiful one of joys and of sighs. I want constantly, o my beloved, To love you and dream of your look. Yes sweet friend, yours is my life. When you were born of the tears of an angel, You appeared to me beautiful and straightforward. Oh! I was young, alas, everything changes And to love it is very late. The flash of lightning on its wing Has carried away your frail destiny. In vain, my beauty, my heart calls you. Fatal moment when I saw you, Pure as a lily in the morning, Your flight advanced into the sky And I wait, I wait in vain.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émilien Pacini (1810 - 1898)
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-13
Line count: 21
Word count: 143