by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873)
Translation by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)
Les larmes humaines
Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)
Larmes, larmes que l’homme pleure, Vous coulez dès la première heure Et jusques au dernier jour, Larmes, vous coulez, inconnues, Invisibles, et continues, Larmes de deuil ou d’amour, Innombrables, intarissables, Sur nos espoirs bâtis de sables Vous coulez, éternel bruit, Comme les ruisseaux monotones De la pluie en les longs automnes Coulent à travers la nuit !
Confirmed with Catulle Mendès, Petits poèmes russes, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1893, pages 21-22.
Text Authorship:
- by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Les larmes humaines", appears in Petits poèmes russes, in 2. Tioutchev, no. 4, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, first published 1893 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873), no title, first published 1849?
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Camille Erlanger (1863 - 1919), "Les larmes humaines" [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes russes, no. 2, Éd. Paul Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915) , "Larmes humaines", appears in Trente poésies russes, mélodies, imitées par Paul Collin, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1894 [an adaptation] ; composed by René de Boisdeffre.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-09
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