by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
They came to tell your faults to me
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
They came to tell your faults to me, They named them over one by one; I laughed aloud when they were done, I knew them all so well before, -- Oh, they were blind, too blind to see Your faults had made me love you more.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 20.
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Faults", appears in Love Songs, first published 1917 [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 Jeanne Behrend (1911 - 1988), "Faults", published 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Six Teasdale Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christopher H. Harris , "Made me love you more" [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Poems of Sara Teasdale, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nika Leoni , "Faults", 2015 [ soprano and piano ], from Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fautes", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 6
Word count: 45