by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Language: French (Français)
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L'aurore s'allume ;
L'ombre épaisse fuit ;
Le rêve et la brume
Vont où va la nuit ;
Paupières et roses
S'ouvrent demi-closes ;
Du réveil des choses
On entend le bruit.
Tout chante et murmure,
Tout parle à la fois,
Fumée et verdure,
Les nids et les toits ;
Le vent parle aux chênes,
L'eau parle aux fontaines ;
Toutes les haleines
Deviennent des voix !
Tout reprend son âme,
L'enfant son hocher,
Le foyer sa flamme,
Le luth son archet ;
Folie ou démence,
Dans le monde immense,
Chacun recommence
Ce qu'il ébauchait.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "L'aurore", 1870, published 1958, stanzas 1-3 [ high voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1834, appears in Les Chants du Crépuscule, no. 20
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Aurora catches fire", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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