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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.

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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