by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Oh! quand je dors, viens auprès de ma...
Language: French (Français)
Oh! quand je dors, viens auprès de ma couche,
comme à Pétrarque apparaissait Laura,
Et qu'en passant ton haleine me touche...
Soudain ma bouche
S'entrouvrira!
Sur mon front morne où peut-être s'achève
Un songe noir qui trop longtemps dura,
Que ton regard comme un astre se lève...
[Soudain]1 mon rêve
Rayonnera!
Puis sur ma lèvre où voltige une flamme,
Éclair d'amour que Dieu même épura,
Pose un baiser, et d'ange deviens femme...
Soudain mon âme
S'éveillera!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Liszt: "Et soudain"
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Les Rayons et les Ombres, no. 27, first published 1840 [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 Marcial del Adalid (1826 - 1881), "Oh ! quand je dors", published 2009 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies pour chant et piano - Cantares viejos y nuevos de Galicia, par Margarita Soto Viso, no. 5, Éd. Fundacion Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Conde de Fenosa [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875), "Oh! Quand je dors" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Casorati , "Oh quand je dors" [ high voice and piano ], Milano, Frat. Buffa [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Castrioto-Scanderberg (1820 - 1879), "Oh! quand je dors" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Chesneau (1836 - 1884), "Quand je dors", <<1874 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch Père & Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amédée Dethou (1811 - 1877), "Oh ! Quand je dors", published [1859] [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies sur des poësies de Victor Hugo et de Ronsard, Bertaut, Desportes et Passerat, Poëtes du XVIè siècle, no. 2, Paris, Imprimerie Bouchard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Les rayons et les ombres XXVII", alternate title: "Oh ! quand je dors", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Gédalge (1856 - 1926), "Quand je dors", unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jenő Hubay (1858 - 1937), "Oh! Quand je dors", op. 12 (Trois Mélodies) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "Oh! Quand je dors", op. 17 (6 Mélodies) no. 5 (1856) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Oh! Quand je dors", S. 282 (1842-1849), published 1844-1859 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Massé (1822 - 1884), "À une femme", published [1869] [ voice and piano ], Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luigi Pantaleoni (d. 1872), "Oh ! quand je dors" [ high voice and piano ], from Album dédié à S.A. Reale Penelope Carolina di Borbone, Principessa di Capua, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Pessard (1843 - 1917), "Oh! Quand je dors", published 1873 [ medium voice and piano ], from Joyeusetés de bonne compagnie, recueillies et mises en musique, no. 11, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Rodriguez (1829 - 1901), "Serenata", 1851 [ medium voice and piano ], from Coleccion de Melodias, no. 7, Barcelona, Édition Juan Batista Pujol [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) ; composed by Franz Liszt.
- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo (1833 - 1912) , "Cuando yo duerma", written 1856 ; composed by Guillermo Uribe Holguín.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "喔！當我沈睡", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Oh! when I sleep", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , "Oh while I sleep", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "O in my dreams"
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Oh! Quando durmo", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 76
O in my dreams
Language: English after the French (Français)
O in my dreams let me see thee before me,
As to Petrarch Laura came in days of yore.
And let a breath from thy lips hover o'er me,
That peace returning
Be mine once more.
On my sad brow, which some grief is oppressing,
Some evil dream, by which I'm captive held,
O cast one glance from those eyes so caressing,
And all my sorrow
will be dispell'd.
Bend to my lips as a vision from heaven,
Become a woman, angel that thou art!
Place there a kiss, and love, so gladly given,
Shall leap to flame
Within my heart!
From a Liszt score.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "O in my dreams" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Les Rayons et les Ombres, no. 27, first published 1840
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 101