Suis ton merveilleux chemin !

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Go thy great way!

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Go thy great way!
The Stars thou meetst
Are even as Thyself --
For what are Stars but Asterisks
To point a human Life?

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), 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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Go thy great way!", 2001, first performed 2001 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from The Starry Night, no. 3. [
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
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Suis ton merveilleux chemin !

Language: French (Français) after the English

Suis ton merveilleux chemin !
Les Étoiles que tu rencontres
Sont tout comme Toi --
Car que sont les Étoiles si ce n'est des Astériques
Pour indiquer une vie Humaine ?

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-15
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Word count: 29