Text by Vicomte Victor Marie Hugo
Music by Franz Liszt
Oh! quand je dors, viens aupr
comme
Et qu'en passant ton haleine me touche...
Soudain ma bouche
S'entr'ouvrira!
Sur mon front morne o
Un songe noir qui trop longtemps dura,
Que ton regard comme un astre se l
Soudain mon r
Rayonnera!
Rayonnera!
Puis sur ma l
Pose un baiser, et d'ange deviens femme...
Soudain mon
S'
S'
Oh viens, comme
Oh! When I Sleep
Oh, when I sleep, approach my bed,
as Laura appeared to Petrach;
and when in passing, your breath touches me...
suddenly my lips
will part!
On my glum face, where perhaps is ending
a dark dream which lasted too long,
as your glance like a star arises...
suddenly my dream
will become radiant!
Then on my lips, where a flame is fluttering,
a flash of love that God has kept pure,
place a kiss, and from an angel, become a woman...
suddenly my soul
will be awakened!
Oh come, as to Petrarch appeared Laura!
