Un rêve | Je pensais que ce cœur enflammé

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by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

A dream

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

I thought this heart [enkindled]¹ lay
On Cupid's burning shrine:
I thought he stole thy heart away,
And placed it near to mine.

I saw thy heart begin to melt,
Like ice before the sun;
Till both a glow congenial felt,
And mingled into one!

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• A. Rubinstein

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¹ in one edition of Rubinstein: "consuming"

Text Authorship:

by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "A dream", appears in The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq., first published 1801 [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 Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "A dream", op. 83 (Zehn Lieder aus dem Französischen, Italienischen und Englischen übersetzt von N. Roda und A. v. Winterfeld für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 10, published 1869-70 [ alto and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch), also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

Un rêve

Language: French (Français) after the English

Je pensais que ce cœur enflammé
Reposait sur l’autel ardent de Cupidon :
Je croyais qu’il avait dérobé ton cœur
Et l’avait placé près du mien.

Je vis ton cœur commencer à fondre,
Comme la glace devant le soleil ;
Jusqu’à ce que tous deux, dans une  brûlante attirance,
Ils ne fassent plus qu’un !

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Based on:

a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "A dream", appears in The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq., first published 1801
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 52