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Tu commandes qu'on t'oublie, J'ai grand peine à t'obéir; Mais ainsi le veut ma mie, Son désir est mon désir. Vraiment, mon désir, Lorsque joyeux je m'élance, Tu rougis et veux me fuir; Mon amour est une offense, Pourquoi donc t'en souvenir? Mais quoi! des pleurs, ma belle; Ecoute, apaise-toi; Plus de folle querelle, Je t'adore, aime-moi. Tu commandes qu'on t'oublie [etc.] ... Mais quoi! tu pleures ma belle Sois clémente, apaise-toi, Plus d'inutile querelle, Je t'adore; Sois à moi!
Text Authorship:
- by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901), "Aime‑moi" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Juan Antonio de Iza Zamácola y Ocerín (1756 - 1826) [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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Aime-moi", VWV 4020 (1848) [ voice and piano ], from 12 Mazurkas for voice and piano, no. 2, note: an arrangement of Chopin's Mazurka #23 in D major op. 33 no. 2, also set in Spanish (Español), also set in German (Deutsch), also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 2 times]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Leopold Flamberg ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Jan Konstanty Chęciński (1826 - 1874) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Love me", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 79
You command one to forget you, I take great pains in obeying you; But thus my ladylove wants it, Her wish is my wish. Truly, truly, my desire, While, happy, I rush forward, You blush and want to flee me My love is an offense, Why then do you remember it? But what! tears, my beauty; Listen, calm down; No more crazy quarrelling, I adore you, love me. You command one to forget you, [etc.] ... But what! you weep, my beauty, Be merciful, calm down, No more useless quarrelling, I adore you, be mine.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2004 by Barbara Miller, (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 Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901), "Aime‑moi"
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Juan Antonio de Iza Zamácola y Ocerín (1756 - 1826) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 19
Word count: 94