Le rêve du foyer | Qui n’a jamais ressenti cette douce tristesse

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by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

The dream of home

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Who has not felt how sadly sweet
The dream of home, the dream of home,
Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet,
When far o'er sea or land we roam?
Sunlight more soft may o'er us fall,
To greener shores our bark may come;
But far more bright, more dear than all,
That dream of home, that dream of home.

Ask the sailor youth when far
His light bark bounds o'er ocean's foam,
What charms him most, when evening's star
Smiles o'er the wave? to dream of home.
Fond thoughts of absent friends and loves
At that sweet hour around him come;
His heart's best joy where'er he roves,
That dream of home, that dream of home.

Text Authorship:

by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The dream of home" [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 William Webster Pearson (flourished 1840), "The dream of home", published 1879 [ SATB chorus and piano? ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Edward Henry Thorne (1834 - 1916), "The dream of home", published 1869 [ four-part chorus (ATB with treble voice) and piano ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "The dream of home", published 1921 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Joachim Raff.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Der Heimath Bild" ; composed by Franz Wilhelm Abt.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Konrad Wilhelm Adolf Laun (1808 - 1881) , "Der Heimathstraum", appears in Liederklänge aus England und Spanien, in 1. Nach Thomas Moore ; composed by Albert Hermann Dietrich.
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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le rêve du foyer", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Le rêve du foyer

Language: French (Français) after the English

Qui n’a jamais ressenti cette douce tristesse
Que le rêve du foyer, le rêve du foyer,
Fait naître dans le cœur, pour s’évanouir trop vite,
Quand nous errons loin sur mer ou sur terre ?
Une plus douce lumière du soleil peut nous envelopper,
Notre barque peut accoster sur des rivages plus verts ;
Mais il est bien plus éclatant, bien plus cher que tout,
Ce rêve du foyer, ce rêve du foyer.

Demandez au jeune marin, quand au loin
Sa frêle embarcation bondit sur l'écume de l'océan,
Qu'est-ce qui le charme le plus, lorsque l'étoile du soir
Sourit au-dessus des vagues ? Rêver de son foyer.
De tendres pensées d'amis et d'amours absents
L'enveloppent en cette douce heure ;
C’est sa plus grande joie de son cœur, où qu'il erre,
Ce rêve de foyer, ce rêve de foyer.

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a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The dream of home"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 135