by Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)
Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari: Nous en...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari: Nous en prenons un? Et il me dit: Ah non, non, ma pauvre femme. Notre petit moment pour jouer est passé. Je ne peux rien faire que de rester dans [ma]1 chaise en faisant des grimaces, et ça fait trembler plus que ça ne fait rire un petit enfant.
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Text Authorship:
- by Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923), no title [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 David Leo Diamond (1915 - 2005), "Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari", 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Leonard Lehrman) , "Often I have said to my husband", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-08
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