Hymn to the sun | Let us bless the power of the reborn sun

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by Casimir Delavigne (1793 - 1843)

Translation © by Korin Kormick

Hymne au soleil

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Du soleil qui renaît [bénissons]¹ la puissance.
Avec tout l'univers célébrons son retour.
Couronné de splendeur, il se lève, il s'élance.
Le réveil de la terre est un hymne d'amour.
Sept coursiers qu'en partant le Dieu contient à peine,
Enflamment l'horizon de leur brûlante haleine.

O soleil fécond, tu parais!
Avec ses champs en fleurs, ses monts, ses bois épais,
[La]² vaste mer de tes feux embrasée,
L'univers plus jeune et plus frais,
Des vapeurs [de]³ matin sont brillants de rosée.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. Dukas

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¹ Dukas: "célébrons"
² Dukas: "Sa"
³ Dukas: "du"

Text Authorship:

by Casimir Delavigne (1793 - 1843) [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 Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Hymne au soleil", 1912 [ mezzo-soprano, chorus, piano (3 hands) ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Paul Abraham Dukas (1865 - 1935), "Hymne au soleil", 1888 [ satb chorus and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "Hymn to the sun", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 11
Word count: 81

Hymn to the sun

Language: English after the French (Français)

Let us bless the power of the reborn sun.
With all the universe let us celebrate its return.
Crowned with splendor, it rises, it soars.
The waking of the earth is a hymn of love.
Seven rushing steeds that the God scarcely holds back
Ignite the horizon with their scorching breath.
 
Oh, vivid sun, you appear!
With its fields in bloom, its mountains, its thick forests,
The vast sea set ablaze by your fires,
The universe, younger and fresher,
With morning vapors are glistening with dew.

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a text in French (Français) by Casimir Delavigne (1793 - 1843)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-07
Line count: 11
Word count: 86