The Other | My hand had traversed her body

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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

L’Autre

Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)

Our translations: ENG

Ma main avait parcouru son corps, 
elle s'était endormie. 
Je la regardais.
Cependant, ma pensée allait à une autre.
Comme sa main saurait m'endormir !
Et j'ai tant besoin de sommeil...

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Bonhomme

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, Paris: L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1921, Page 125.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "L'Autre" [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 Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "L’Autre", op. 84 no. 3 (1941) [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes Arabes, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Other", 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]

This text was added to the website: 2024-10-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 32

The Other

Language: English after the French (Français)

My hand had traversed her body,
she had fallen asleep.
I was watching her.
Yet my thoughts were turning to another.
How her hand knew how to put me to sleep!
And I have such need of sleep...

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "L'Autre"
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Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 40