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Victor Hugo - Enfant, si j`étais roi, je donnerais l`empire (Were I a King, Child, My Empire I Would Give Thee)
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"C`est une âme charmante."— Diderot

Enfant, si j`étais roi, je donnerais l`empire,
Et mon char, et mon sceptre, et mon peuple à genoux,
Et ma couronne d`or, et mes bains de porphyre,
Et mes flottes, à qui la mer ne peut suffire,
Pour un regard de vous!

Si j`étais Dieu, la terre et l`air avec les ondes,
Les anges, les démons courbés devant ma loi,
Et le profond chaos aux entrailles fécondes,
L`éternité, l`espace et les cieux et les mondes,
Pour un baiser de toi!



Were I a King, Child, My Empire I Would Give Thee

Were I a crowned monarch,
  I would give my diadem—
My regal throne and sceptre,
  Enriched with many a gem—
I would give my baths of porphyry,
  My ships that fill the sea;
My empire, people, all, beloved!
  For one sweet smile from thee!

Were I enthroned in heaven,
  I would give all earth, and air,
And the angels, and the demons,
  That bowed before me there—
I would give yon skies with all their worlds,
  Time, space, eternity,
And the teeming depths of chaos,
  For one sweet kiss from thee!
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