L'Attente est Satisfaction

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Expectation ‑‑ is Contentment

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Expectation -- is Contentment --
Gain -- Satiety --
But Satiety -- Conviction
Of Nescessity

Of an Austere trait in Pleasure --
Good, without alarm
Is a too established Fortune --
Danger -- deepens Sum --

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Christopher Culpo (b. 1960), "Expectation -- is Contentment", from Emilygrams, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 27

L'Attente est Satisfaction

Language: French (Français) after the English

L'Attente est Satisfaction --
le Gain -- Satiété --
Mais la Satiété -- Conviction
De Nécessité

D'un trait Austère dans le Plaisir --
Un Bien, sans inquiétude
Est une Fortune trop établie --
Le Danger -- approfondit la Somme --

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 32