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À ma femme

Song Cycle by Jacques Chailley (1910 - 1999)

Translated to:

English — To my wife (John Wagstaff)

1. Femme que j'ai choisie  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Femme que j'ai choisie entre toutes les femmes
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Carême (1899 - 1978), appears in La Maison blanche, in 4. Femme, no. 4, Bruxelles, Éd. du croquis, first published 1946, copyright ©

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

  • ENG English (John Wagstaff) , "Woman, whom I chose out of all women", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.

2. Tu es la saveur de mon pain
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Tu es la saveur de mon pain
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Carême (1899 - 1978), appears in La Maison blanche, in 4. Femme, no. 5, Bruxelles, Éd. du croquis, first published 1946, copyright ©

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  • ENG English (John Wagstaff) , "You are the flavour of my bread", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Écoute : Doucement la pluie tiède commence
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Écoute : doucement la pluie tiède commence
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Carême (1899 - 1978), no title, appears in La Maison blanche, in 4. Femme, no. 6, Bruxelles, Éd. du croquis, first published 1946, copyright ©

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  • ENG English (John Wagstaff) , "Listen: the warm rain begins to fall", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. Un jour, tu le pris dans tes mains
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Un jour, tu le pris dans tes mains
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Carême (1899 - 1978), copyright ©

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  • ENG English (John Wagstaff) , "One day, you took in your hands", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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