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Il passa ! J'aurais dû sans doute Ne point paraître en son chemin ; Mais ma maison est sur sa route, Et j'avais des fleurs dans la main. Il parla : j'aurais dû peut-être Ne point m'enivrer de sa voix ; Mais l'aube emplissait ma fenêtre, Il faisait avril dans les bois. Il m'aima : j'aurais dû sans doute N'avoir pas l'amour aussi prompt ; Mais, hélas ! quand le cœur écoute, C'est toujours le cœur qui répond. Il partit : je devrais peut-être Ne plus l'attendre et le vouloir ; Mais demain l'avril va paraître, Et, sans lui, le ciel sera noir.
Text Authorship:
- by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947), "Il passa...", appears in L'âme sereine, first published 1896 [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Il passa", op. 31 no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Chants de Femmes. 4 Mélodies pour Chant et Piano, no. 2, Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Il passa", copyright © 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. L. Grus Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphe Biarent (1871 - 1916), "Il passa…" [ voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie-Rose Bresson , "Il passa", published [1920] [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Hageman (1881 - 1966), "Il passa" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by P. E. Maton , "Il passa", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Dix Mélodies pour Chant et Piano, no. 9, Paris, Édition Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alberto Mazzuoli , "Il passa" [ medium voice and piano ], from Pagine d'Album, Otto Melodie per Canto e Pianoforte, no. 8, Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Il passa", 1946 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Touchard (1879 - 1956), "Il passa", 1920, published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "He came past", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 94
He came past! I doubtless ought not to have appeared on his path; but my house is on his route and I had flowers in my hand. He spoke: I perhaps ought not to have been bewitched by his voice; but the dawn was filling my window and it was April in the woods. He loved me: I doubtless ought not to have been so quick to love; but alas, when the heart listens it's always the heart that responds. He left: I perhaps ought not to still be awaiting and wanting him; but tomorrow April will reappear, and without him the sky will be dark.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2022 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947), "Il passa...", appears in L'âme sereine, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2022-09-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 106