Your cool hand on my brow

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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Ta main fraîche sur mon front

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Ta main fraîche sur mon front,
ta chevelure sur ma poitrine,
et ta chanson qui parle des cascades du Liban...

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des Caresses, 73e édition, Paris : L'édition d'art H. Piazza, 1921, p.113

Text Authorship:

by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Prière de midi", subtitle: "Dour", written 1911?, appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 116, Paris, Éd. Piazza [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 J. Boutnikoff , "Prière du midi (Dour)", op. 21 no. 1, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Le Jardin des caresses - Quatre prières, no. 1, Paris : Editions Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
by Claude Guillon (1879 - 1956), "Prière du matin", subtitle: "Dour", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sept Poèmes arabes tirés du "Jardin des Caresses", no. 4, Éd. Jules Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Your cool hand on my brow

Language: English after the French (Français)

Your cool hand on my brow, 
your tresses on my chest, 
and your song that tells of the waterfalls of Lebanon ...

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of titles:
"Prière de midi" = "Noonday Prayer"
"Prière du matin" = "Morning Prayer"
"Prière du midi (Dour)" = "Noonday Prayer (Dour)"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Prière de midi", subtitle: "Dour", written 1911?, appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 116, Paris, Éd. Piazza
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This text was added to the website: 2026-03-01
Line count: 3
Word count: 21