Elle s’était endormie dans mes bras.
Pour la protéger contre la fraicheur de la nuit,
j’avais doucement étalé ses cheveux sur ses [seins]1.
Dans l'herbe, autour de nous, les insectes reprenaient un à un leur musique. 
[A cette heure, des mères berçaient aussi]2 leur petite fille...

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, Paris: L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1921, Page 35.

¹ Bonhomme: "épaules"
² Bonhomme: "C'est l'heure où les mères bercent"

Text Authorship:

• by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Après", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 34, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Jean Artiguères , "Après", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Daoulah, no. 3, Paris : H. Maquaire [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marcel Bernheim (1892 - 1963), "Après", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes Arabes extraits du “Jardin des Caresses” de Franz Toussaint, no. 4, Paris, Éditions Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "Après", op. 84 no. 2 (1941) [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Trois poèmes Arabes, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Piero Coppola (1888 - 1971), "Après", published 1924 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Dix Poèmes Arabes extraits du Jardin des caresses de Franz Toussaint, no. 1, Paris : Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
• by Abel Nathan , "Après", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Le Jardin des caresses, no. 5, Paris : L. Philippo [sung text not yet checked]

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

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

Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

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