by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
That I did always love
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
That I did always love,
I bring thee proof:
That till I loved
I did not love enough.
That I shall love alway,
I offer thee
That love is life,
And life hath immortality.
This, dost thou doubt, sweet?
Then have I
Nothing to show
But Calvary.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Mennin (1923 - 1983), "That I did always love", published 1979 [ SSA chorus, harp, piano, and percussion ], from Reflections of Emily [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Pasatieri (b. 1945), "That I did always love", published 1976 [ soprano, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano ], from Far from love, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Jake Heggie, Logan Skelton.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Que j'ai toujours aimé", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 47
Que j'ai toujours aimé
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Que j'ai toujours aimé,
Je t'en apporte la Preuve
Que jusqu'à ce que j'aime
Je n'ai jamais vécu — c'est Assez —
Que j'aimerai toujours —
Je t'en persuade
Que l'amour est la vie —
Et que la vie a l'Immortalité —
Ceci — si tu en doutes — Chéri —
Alors je n'ai
Rien à montrer
Si ce n'est mon Calvaire —
Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
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Word count: 63