Hymne

À la très chère, à la très belle,
Qui remplit mon coeur de clarté,
À l'ange, à l'idole immortelle,
Salut en immortalité,
Salut en immortalité!

Elle se répand dans ma vie,
Comme un air imprégné de sel,
Et dans mon âme inassouvie,
Verse le goût de l'Eternel.

Sachet toujours frais qui parfume
l'athmosphère d'un cher réduit,
encensoir oublié qui fume
en secret à travers la nuit.

Comment, amor incorruptible,
T'exprimer avec vérité?
Grain de musc, qui gîs invisible,
Au fond de mon éternité?

À la [très bonne]1, à la très-belle,
Qui remplit mon coeur de clarté,
À l'ange, à l'idole immortelle,
Salut en immortalité,
Salut en immortalité!

by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) , "Hymne", from Les Épaves, in Galanteries, no. 10, published 1866

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) , "Hymne", op. 7 no. 2 (1870), published 1871, stanzas 1,2,4,5.
by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , "Hymne", op. 48 no. 1, from Les Fleurs du Mal, no. 1, note: also set in Russian
by Matthijs Vermeulen (1888-1967) , "Hymne", 1962, from Trois chants d'amour, no. 3.

by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , "Gimn", op. 48 no. 1, from Cvety zla, no. 1, note: also set in French

by Bruce Christian Bennett (1968-) , "Hymn", 1996-97 [mixed chorus SATB], from Four Pieces, no. 1.

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Gimn

Tebe ljubimoj, tebe prekrasnoj,
neporochnoj, chistoj i jasnoj,
kak angel, vernyj rab tvoj shlet privet,
privet: bezsmertna bud' vovek!

Kak vozdukh solenyj morskoj,
vlastno ty pronikajesh' mne v serdce
i opjat' vozstajet dukh ustalyj,
i vnov' bezsmert'ja zhazhdu ja.

Ty svezha, kak cvetok orkhideji,
razcvetajushchij v sumrae grjoz;
ty prekrasna kak raja viden'je,
kak mir divnyj, ne znajushchij sljoz.

Ljubov', kak vyskazat' tebe,
kak peredat', gde istinu najti?
Kak semja muskusa, sokryta
na dne ty vechnosti mojej!

Tebe ljubimoj, tebe prekrasnoj,
neporochnoj, chistoj i jasnoj,
kak angel, vernyj rab tvoj shlet privet,
privet: bezsmertna bud' vovek!

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a text in French by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) , "Hymne", from Les Épaves, in Galanteries, no. 10, published 1866 ENG

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , "Gimn", op. 48 no. 1, from Cvety zla, no. 1, note: also set in French

Date added to the website: 0000-00-00.