La lampe | Si je peux porter ton amour comme cette lampe devant moi

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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

The lamp

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

If I can bear your love like a lamp before me,
When I go down the long steep Road of Darkness,
I shall not fear the everlasting shadows,
     Nor cry in terror.

If I can find out God, then I shall find Him,
If none can find Him, then I shall sleep soundly,
Knowing how well on earth your love sufficed me,
     A lamp in darkness.

Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Dark of The Moon, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926, page 84.

Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The lamp", appears in Love Songs, first published 1917 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Mabel Wood Hill (1870 - 1954), "The lamp", published 1919 [voice and piano], from Four Poems by Sara Teasdale [
text not verified
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La lampe", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 66

La lampe

Language: French (Français) after the English

Si je peux porter ton amour comme cette lampe devant moi
Lorsque je descends la longue et abrupte Route de l'Obscurité,
Je ne craindrai pas les ombres éternelles,
  Ni ne crierai de terreur.

Si je peux découvrir Dieu, alors je Le trouverai,
Si personne ne peux Le trouver, alors je dormirai profondément,
Sachant bien combien sur cette terre ton amour me suffit,
  Une lampe dans l'obscurité.

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Based on:

a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The lamp", appears in Love Songs, first published 1917
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 66