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 chaise en faisant des grimaces, et ça fait trembler plus que ça ne fait rire un petit enfant.
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- 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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