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Retire ta main, je ne t'aime pas Car tu l'as voulu, tu n'es qu'un ami. Pour d'autres sont faits le creux de tes bras Et ton cher baiser, ta tête endormie. Ne me parle pas, lorsque c'est le soir Trop intimement, à voix basse même Ne me donne pas surtout ton mouchoir : Il renferme trop le parfum que j'aime. Dis-moi tes amours, je ne t'aime pas Quelle heure te fut la plus enivrante ? Et si elle t'aimait bien, et si elle fut ingrate En me le disant, ne sois pas charmant. Je n'ai pas pleuré, je n'ai pas souffert Ce n'était qu'un rêve et qu'une folie. Il me suffira que tes yeux soient clairs Sans regret du soir, ni mélancolie. Il me suffira de voir ton bonheur Il me suffira de voir ton sourire. Conte-moi comment elle a pris ton cœur Et même dis-moi ce qu'on ne peut dire. Non, tais-toi plutôt... Je suis à genoux Le feu s'est éteint, la porte est fermée Ne demande rien, je pleure... C'est tout. Je ne t'aime pas, ô mon bien-aimé.
About the headline (FAQ)
First published in the revue La Vogue française, February 15, 1911, and then included in Les Belles de nuit, Poésies, Paris, Éd. Fasquelle, Bibliothèque Charpentier, 1913.
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Magre (1877 - 1941), "À une amie", written 1911?, appears in Les belles de nuit, in 3. La robe arrachée, no. 2, first published 1911 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henri Maurice Jacquet (1886 - 1954), "À une amie", published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies sur des poésies de Maurice Magre, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Costallat & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by ? Leroys-Boyeux , "Tu n'es qu'une amie", published [1912] [ medium voice and piano ], Lyon, Éd. Orgeret [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950), "Je ne t'aime pas", 1934, published 1946, copyright © 1934 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois chansons, no. 2, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I don't love you", copyright © 2016
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 178
Take away your hand -- for I don't love you; Because you have wished it, you are only a friend. Your embrace is for other people, Your dear kiss, your slumbering head. Don't talk to me when it is evening In that very low voice, for it is too intimate; And especially don't give me your handkerchief: It holds too much of the scent I love. Tell me of your loves -- for I don't love you, Tell me of your most intoxicating moment. And if she loved you well, or if she was ungrateful, In telling me, don't be charming -- I haven't cried, I haven't suffered, It was only a dream -- a kind of madness. It is enough to see your clear eyes, With neither the regret of evening nor melancholy. It is enough to see your joy, It is enough to see your smile. Tell me how she stole your heart, And tell me especially what shouldn't be told. No, rather be silent... I am on my knees. The fire has gone out, the door is closed. Don't ask me anything, I'm crying... that's all. I don't love you, oh my beloved!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Maurice Magre (1877 - 1941), "À une amie", written 1911?, appears in Les belles de nuit, in 3. La robe arrachée, no. 2, first published 1911
This text was added to the website: 2016-10-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 192