by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Monte, écureuil, monte au grand chêne
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Monte, écureuil, monte au grand chêne, Sur la branche des cieux prochaine, Qui plie et tremble comme un jonc. Cigogne, aux vieilles tours fidèle, Oh! vole! et monte à tire-d'aile De l'église à la citadelle, Du haut clocher au grand donjon. Vieux aigle, monte de ton aire A la montagne centenaire Que blanchit l'hiver éternel; Et toi qu'en ta couche inquiète Jamais l'aube ne vit muette, Monte, monte, vive alouette, Vive alouette, monte au ciel! Et maintenant, du haut de l'arbre, Des flèches de la tour de marbre, Du grand mont, du ciel enflammé, A l'horizon, parmi la brume, Voyez-vous flotter une plume, Et courir un cheval qui fume, Et revenir ma bien-aimée?
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Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Attente", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 20 [author's text not yet checked 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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Attente", op. 32 (Sept Mélodies) no. 5, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent d'Indy (1851 - 1931), "L'attente", 1872-76 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Théodore Jadoul (b. 1848), "Attente" [ medium voice and piano ], from 10 Mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Veuve Léopold Muraille [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis (Trouillon) Lacombe (1818 - 1884), "L'attente" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felipe Pedrell (1841 - 1922), "Attente" [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Orientales, no. 8, Milan, G. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "L'attente", 1855, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Éd. Richault [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), "Attente", WWV 55 (1839) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Alfred Julius Boruttau (1877 - 1940) ; composed by Richard Wagner.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , "Waiting", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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