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N'avez-vous point su les comprendre tous les soupirs que j'ai poussés, N’auraient-ils pu se faire entendre ces pauvres soupirs oppressés Le nauffragé dans la tempête cherche l’astre au fond des cieux. Ainsi j’attends perdu dans l’ombre un regard de vos yeux ! N'avez-vous point su les comprendre ces pauvres soupirs oppressés Pour les compter il faudrait prendre, Aux blés, sur les champs entassés, un par un, les épis dispersés; Leur nombre pourrait vous apprendre les pleurs par mes yeux versés. N'avez-vous point su les comprendre ces pauvres soupir oppresses ?
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- a text in French (Français) by A. Sautter de Beauregard, Comte , no title, appears in Un rêve. Poëme par Sautter de Beauregard, Paris, Sandoz et Fischbacher, first published 1875
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "N'avez-vous point su les comprendre", op. 43 no. 5 [ high voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 23, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Did You Not Understand Them", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-05
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Word count: 88
Did you not know how to understand all the sighs I made, Could they not have made themselves heard these poor oppressed sighs? The castaway in a storm seeking the star under heavens expanse. As I wait lost in the shadows for a glance from your eyes! Did you not know how to understand these poor oppressive sighs? To count them you would have to take, The scattered grains of wheat, one by one, piled high in the fields; Their number could teach you of the tears my eyes poured forth. Did you not know how to understand these poor oppressive sighs?
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by A. Sautter de Beauregard, Comte , no title, appears in Un rêve. Poëme par Sautter de Beauregard, Paris, Sandoz et Fischbacher, first published 1875
This text was added to the website: 2023-06-05
Line count: 17
Word count: 102