Awaken | Awaken, beauty

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by ? de la Renaudière, Mme.

Translation © by Laura L. Nagle

Éveillez‑vous

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Éveillez-vous, belle,
Ma belle, aux grands yeux bleus,
D'un amant fidèle
Écoutez les voeux!

Si j'étais l'oiseau qui chante
Sous la feuillée odorante,
Près de vous, près de vous,
Dans votre âme, ô ma bien chère,
J'éveillerais pour vous plaire
Tous les rêves les plus doux.
Éveillez-vous, belle... 

Si j'étais le lac sans ride
Qui vous prête un bain limpide,
Tout d'azur, tout d'azur,
Je voudrais garder l'image
De votre charmant visage
Dans mon cristal le plus pur.
Éveillez-vous, belle... 

Jasmin, lys ou chèvre-feuille
Si j'étais la fleur que cueille
Votre main, votre main,
Comme un brise embaumée
Je voudrais, ma bien aimée,
Vous bercer soir et matin!
Éveillez-vous, belle...

Text Authorship:

by ? de la Renaudière, Mme. [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 Félicien César David (1810 - 1876), "Éveillez-vous", 1846, published 1866 [high voice and piano], Éd. E. Gérard [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura L. Nagle) , "Awaken", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 110

Awaken

Language: English after the French (Français)

Awaken, beauty,
My beauty with the great blue eyes!
Hear the vows
Of a faithful lover!

If I were the bird who sings
Beneath the fragrant foliage,
Near to you, near to you,
In your soul, oh my darling,
I would waken all the sweetest
Dreams for your pleasure.
Awaken, beauty...

If I were the still lake
That provides you a limpid bath
All of azure, all of azure,
I would wish to keep the image
Of your charming face
In my purest crystal.
Awaken, beauty...

Jasmine, lily or honeysuckle
If I were the flower picked
By your hand, by your hand,
Like a fragrant breeze
I would wish, my beloved,
To lull you morning and night!
Awaken, beauty...

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This text was added to the website: 2007-01-11
Line count: 25
Word count: 119