Ces vers d'une poésie adorable, Ces vers, c'est Ishak de Mossoul, Le musicien qui les a chantés sous ma terrasse arabe, Selon leur mode ancien, Pendant que mon époux dormait Comme une souche de bois sec, Et désormais je berce ma rêverie Avec les folles promesses qui grisent tout mon corps, Et ma tête est toute troublée encor Des paroles d'amour que j'ai apprises.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "La chanson d'Ishak de Mossoul", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [author's text not yet checked 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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La chanson d'Ishak de Mossoul", op. 84 no. 8 (1922-1923) [ soprano and piano ], from Huit Mélodies sur des poésies de T. Klingsor (Shéhérazade) (2d recueil), no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The song of Ishak of Mosul", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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