Les lumières brûlent | Les lumières brûlent, la musique joue

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by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Огні горять, музи́ка грає

Language: Ukrainian (Українська)

Our translations: FRE

Огні горять, музи́ка грає,
Музи́ка плаче, завиває;
Алмазом добрим, дорогим
Сіяють очі молодії;
Витає радость і надія
В очах веселих, любо їм,
Очам негрішним, молодим.
І всі регочуться, сміються,
І всі танцюють. Тілько я,
Неначе заклятий, дивлюся
І нишком плачу, плачу я.
Чого ж я плачу? Мабуть, шкода,
Що без пригоди, мов негода,
Минула молодость моя.

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by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), no title [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 Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842 - 1912), "Огні горять" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les lumières brûlent", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2021-10-15
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Word count: 56

Les lumières brûlent

Language: French (Français) after the Ukrainian (Українська)

Les lumières brûlent, la musique joue,
La musique crie, hurle ;
Comme un diamant rare et précieux,
Les yeux juvéniles brillent ;
La joie et l'espoir  brillent
Dans les yeux rieurs. Le bonheur est envoyé
Aux yeux jeunes et innocents.
Et tout le monde rit, rit,
Et tout le monde danse. Moi seul,
Comme un maudit, je regarde
Et je pleure en secret, je pleure.
Pourquoi suis-je en train de pleurer ? Peut-être qu'à jamais,
Sans aventure, comme un brouillard gris,
Ma jeunesse est passée.

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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-15
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Word count: 82