Of jij van mij houdt of niet wil ik niet weten

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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Translation © by Joost van der Linden

Si tu m'aimes ou non, je ne le veux...

Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)

Our translations: DUT

Si tu m'aimes ou non, je ne le veux savoir ;
Je t'aime et m'en contente, et ne sais qu'une chose,
C'est que ton corps exquis est doux comme la rose
Qu'en rêvant on respire et baise tout un soir.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 63.

Text Authorship:

by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 103 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Je ne chercherai pas", op. 40 no. 4, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 4, London, Augener
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by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Que m'importe ! Je t'aime...", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies [1921], no. 2, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel
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Of jij van mij houdt of niet wil ik niet...

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the French (Français)

Of jij van mij houdt of niet wil ik niet weten;
Ik houd van je en ben er tevreden mee, weet niet anders dan
Dat jouw lijf subliem is en zacht als een roos,
Al dromend ademen en zoenen een hele nacht.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 103
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-04
Line count: 4
Word count: 42