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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

À Juana la grenadine
Language: French (Français) 
À Juana la grenadine,
Qui toujours chante et badine,
Sultan Achmet dit un jour
- Je donnerais sans retour,
Mon royaume pour Médine,
Médine pour ton amour.

- Fais-toi chrétien, roi sublime !
Car il est illégitime,
Le plaisir qu'on a cherché
Aux bras d'un Turc débauché.
J'aurais peur de faire un crime.
C'est bien assez du péché.

- Par ces perles dont la chaîne
Rehausse, ô ma souveraine,
Ton cou blanc comme le lait,
Je ferai ce qui te plait,
Si tu veux bien que je prenne
Ton collier pour chapelet.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Braga 

About the headline (FAQ)

The poem is headed by a quote from Hafiz (in translation): "Oh! permets, charmante fille, que j'enveloppe mon cou avec tes bras."

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Sultan Achmet", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 29, first published 1829 [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 Victor Emanuel Bendix (1851 - 1926), "Sultan Achmet", op. 21 no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Poésies de Victor Hugo, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antônio Francisco Braga (1868 - 1945), "Chanson", 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Mélanie Adélaïde Simplice Dentu (1806 - 1874), "Juana la Grenadine", subtitle: "Orientale", published 1879 [ high voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gracian Garros (1806 - 1872), "Sultan Achmet" [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. O. Legouix, in Les soirées d'hiver, chansonnettes & romances, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-11
Line count: 18
Word count: 88

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