Pendant que je te parlais, l'ombre d'une fleur de magnolia s'est posée sur tes genoux. Elle était si lourde, que tu ne m'écoutais plus ! Tu la berçais comme tu aurais bercé l'enfant qui serait né de notre amour, si nous avions pu nous aimer. Et je te regardais bercer l'ombre de de cette fleur immense.
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des Caresses, 73e édition, Paris : L'édition d'art H. Piazza, 1921, p.80
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Résignation", written 1911?, appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 80, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Denise Aignerelle-Féru (b. 1933), "Résignation" [ voice and piano ], from Le jardin des caresses, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin Brăiloiu (1893 - 1958), "Résignation", 1912, published 1913 [ high voice, piano, violin, violoncello ], from Trois poèmes arabes, no. 3, Paris, Éditions Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre Paubon (1910 - 1995), "Résignation", published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Pollet (1883 - 1961), "Résignation", 1916, published 1918 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chants arabes, no. 4, Paris, Éditions Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Quinet (1898 - 1971), "Résignation", copyright © 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies orientales, no. 5, Bruxelles : L'Art belge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sylvain Vouillement (1910 - 1995), "Résignation" [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Vuataz (1898 - 1988), "Résignation", op. 17 no. 6 (1925) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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