Vous n’aimez pas qui vous aime Ni qui vous saurait aimer Et ne donnez de vous-même Que ce que voulez donner. Moi, qui vous cherche et vous aime D’un coeur tendre et sans danger, Je ne vous suis qu’étranger. Mais, hélas ! L’étrange peine Que celle qui fait aimer Sans souci que l’on vous aime !
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Authorship:
- by François Carcopino-Tusoli (1886 - 1958), as Francis Carco, "Madrigal", written 1916, appears in Petits airs, Paris, Ronald Davis, first published 1920 [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 Jean Apothéloz (1900 - 1965), "Madrigal" [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Madrigaux, no. 1, MS [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Ruyneman (1886 - 1963), "Madrigal", 1960, from Cinq mélodies, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pierre Segond (1913 - 2000), "Madrigal", 1939, published 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
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