Une jeune fille, qui revenait du fleuve, modulait cette chanson que tu chantais si souvent. Je l'ai suivie, sans pouvoir retenir mes larmes. La voix liquide et pathétique d'un rossignol ne suffit-elle pas au prisonnier pour évoquer les délices des jardins où il ne se promènera plus ?
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, Paris : H. Piazza, 1919, p.138
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Une jeune fille", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 143, Paris, Éd. Piazza [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 Jacqueline Despas (b. 1893), "Une jeune fille", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes Arabes, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Guillon (1879 - 1956), as Claude Guillon-Verne, "Une jeune fille", copyright © 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Sept Poèmes arabes tirés du "Jardin des Caresses", no. 1, Paris : Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Perez , "Une jeune fille", published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Dix Mélodies Arabes, no. 3, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Vuataz (1898 - 1988), "Une jeune fille", op. 17 no. 7 (1925) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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