Home

Home is not home when thou art gone !
My heart in blindness seems to grope;
Where love's accustomed light has shone
'Tis dark as disappointed hope,
When thou art gone.

The oft appeal, the quick reply,
Still more, maybe, the silent sense
Of sympathy, when thou art by,
These, these are Home! 
And they are hence,
When thou art gone.

Translation(s): FRE

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Submitted by Jean-Pierre Granger

Authorship

• by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923) [ 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 Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), "Home", 1896, published 1896 [voice and piano], from To Nellie, no. 1, Paris, Au Ménestrel-Heugel [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , title 1: "Chez-nous", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2009-11-19.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:27
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Chez‑nous

Chez-nous, ce n'est plus chez-nous quand tu es partie !
Mon cœur aveuglé cherche à tâton ;
Là où la clarté habituelle de l'amour a brillé,
C'est aussi sombre qu'un espoir déçu,
Lorsque tu es partie.

L'appel fréquent, la réplique vive,
Encore plus, peut-être, l'impression silencieuse
De sympathie quand tu es auprès de nous,
C'est cela, notre maison !
Et ils n'y sont plus,
Quand tu es partie.

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• Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Jean-Pierre Granger, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
  
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• a text in English by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923)
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Isaac Albéniz. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2009-11-19.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:27
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Word count: 68