L'attente

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?

Input by Ted Perry

Authorship

by Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) , "Attente", 1828, from Les Orientales, no. 20

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

by Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) , "L'attente"
by Louis (Brouillon) Lacombe (1818-1884) , "L'attente"
by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) , "L'attente", 1855.
by (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) , "L'attente"

ENG English (Richard Stokes) , "Anticipation", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , "Waiting", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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