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Seuls, tous deux, ravis, chantants, Comme on s'aime; Comme on cueille le printemps Que Dieu sème. Quels rires étincelants Dans ces ombres, [Pleines jadis]1 de fronts blancs, De coeurs sombres. On est tout frais mariés, On s'envoie Les charmants cris variés De la joie! [Purs ébas]2 mèlés Au vent qui frissonne. Gaîté que le noir couvent Assaisonne. On effeuille des jasmins Sur la pierre. Où l'abbesse joint les mains, En prière. Les tombeaux, de croix marqués, Font partie De ces jeux, un peu piqués Par l'ortie. On se cherche, on se poursuit, On sent croître Ton aube, Amour, dans la nuit Du vieux cloître. On s'en va se becquetant, On s'adôre, On s'embrasse à chaque instant, Puis encore, Sous les piliers, les arceaux, Et les marbres, C'est l'histoire des oiseaux Dans les arbres.
G. Fauré sets stanzas 1-4, 1, 5, 7-9
1 Fauré: "Jadis pleines"
2 Fauré: "Frais échos"
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Dans les ruines d'une abbaye", appears in Les Chansons des rues et des bois, in 1. Livre premier : Jeunesse, in 6. L'Eternel petit roman, no. 15, first published 1865 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Dans les ruines d'une abbaye", op. 2 no. 1 (1866?), published 1869, stanzas 1-4,1,5,7-9 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by André Gédalge (1856 - 1926), "Dans les ruines d'une abbaye", op. 17 no. 2, published [1898] [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Énoch & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A les ruïnes d’una abadia", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "In the ruins of an abbey", copyright © 2001, (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: 36
Word count: 135
Tots dos sols, embadalits, cantant, com ens estimem; com collim la primavera que Déu ha sembrat. Quines espurnejants rialles en aquestes ombres, abans plenes de fronts blancs de cors entristits. Casats de bell nou ens enviem els encisadors crits variats de la joia! Ecos frescals barrejats amb el vent que fa frisança. Alegria que el negre convent adoba. Esfullem gessamins damunt la pedra on l’abadessa ajunta les mans per a la pregària. [.... ..... ..... ....] Ens cerquem, ens empaitem sentim créixer la teva albor, Amor, a la nit del vell claustre. Ens n’anem bequetejant-nos, ens adorem, ens abracem a cada instant més encara, sota els pilars, els arcs i els marbres, és la història dels ocells als arbres.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Dans les ruines d'une abbaye", appears in Les Chansons des rues et des bois, in 1. Livre premier : Jeunesse, in 6. L'Eternel petit roman, no. 15, first published 1865
This text was added to the website: 2023-02-19
Line count: 36
Word count: 119