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Souvenir

Set by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Souvenir", op. 23 [ medium voice and piano ], from Reflets d'Orient, pour une voix avec accompagnement de piano, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Jules Hamelle, ancienne maison J. Maho  [sung text not yet checked]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.


Te souvient-il du temps où je tenais ta main, 
Où ton regard avait un éclat surhumain, 
Tant il était chargé de divines tendresses ? 
Te souvient-il des soirs qu’enflammaient nos caresses ?

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 70

Based on:

  • a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 46.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]



Un rossignol gémit dans l'ombre de mon âme, 
Il pleure au souvenir d’anciennes nuits d’été, 
Et d’une rose aussi dont l’ardente beauté 
Au milieu du jardin jetait comme une flamme.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 71

Based on:

  • a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 47.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]


Author(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)
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