by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Aime celui qui t'aime, et sois heureuse...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Aime celui qui t'aime, et sois heureuse en lui. - Adieu! - sois son trésor, ô toi qui fus le nôtre ! Va, mon enfant béni, d'une famille à l'autre. Emporte le bonheur et laisse-nous l'ennui ! Ici, l'on te retient ; là-bas, on te désire. Fille, épouse, ange, enfant, fais ton double devoir. Donne-nous un regret, donne-leur un espoir, Sors avec une larme ! entre avec un sourire !
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Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "15 Février 1843", written 1843, appears in Les Contemplations, in 4. Livre quatrième -- Pauca Meae, no. 2 [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 Mel Bonis (1858 - 1937), "Épithalame", op. 75 (1907) [ duet for soprano and contralto with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Auguste Chapuis (1858 - 1933), "Aime celui qui t'aime", published 1909 [ medium voice and violin ], Paris, Éditions Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Valentine Dutry (1867 - 1942), as T. Valdury, "À une fiancée" [ medium voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thierry Escaich (b. 1965), "Va ...", 2010, published 2011, first performed 2010 [ tenor and piano ], from Guernesey. 4 mélodies pour ténor et piano sur des poèmes issus des Contemplations de Victor Hugo, no. 3, Éditions Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis (Trouillon) Lacombe (1818 - 1884), "Aime celui qui t'aime", published [1870] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "À une fiancée", 1888? [ voice and piano ], Éd. Henri Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlo Rossaro (1827 - 1878), "Aime celui qui t'aime" [ voice and piano ], from 15 Romanze e Contemplazioni in chiave di Sol con accompagnamento di Pianoforte, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Weinstötter (b. 1854), "Adieu: Aime celui qui t'aime", published 1884, from Deux Romances, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-10
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