by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Qu'il est vil, ce cœur qui ne sait pas...
Language: French (Français) after the Persian (Farsi)
Qu'il est vil, ce cœur qui ne sait pas aimer, qui ne peut s'enivrer d'amour! Si tu n'aimes pas, comment peux-tu apprécier l'aveuglante lumière du soleil et la douce clarté de la lune ?
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Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), no title, appears in Robaiyat, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Piazza, first published 1924 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [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 Carlos Estrada (1909 - 1970), "Qu'il est vil, ce cœur", op. 46 no. 3 (1955) [ high voice and piano ], from Robaïyat de Omar Khayyâm, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos Tuxen-Bang (b. 1933), "Qu'il est vil, ce cœur qui ne sait pas aimer", 1964 [ baritone and piano ], from Robaiyat d'Omar Khayyam, 15 quatrains traduits du persan par Frans Toussaint, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-26
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