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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

J'allais partir ; doña Balbine
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
J'allais partir ; doña Balbine
Se lève et prend à sa bobine
          Un long fil d'or ;
À mon bouton elle le noue,
Et puis me dit, baisant ma joue :
          « Restez encor !

« Par l'un des bouts ce fil, trop frêle
Pour retenir un infidèle,
          Tient à mon cœur...
Si vous partez, mon cœur s'arrache :
Un nœud si fort à vous m'attache,
          Ô mon vainqueur !

-- « Pourquoi donc prendre à ta bobine
Pour me fixer, doña Balbine,
          Un fil doré ?
À ton lit qu'un cheveu m'enchaîne,
Se brisât-il, sois-en certaine,
          Je resterai ! »

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Radoux 

Pessard sets stanzas 1-3

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), no title, appears in España, first published 1845 [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 Émile Bourgeois (1849 - 1922), "Le fil d'or" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by G. Gautier , "Doña Balbine", subtitle: "Chanson", published 1872 [ voice and piano ], from 2 Chansons à une voix et piano, no. 1, Paris, Vieillot [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Théodore Labarre (1805 - 1870), "Le Fil d'or", subtitle: "Boléro", 1844 [ high voice and piano ], from L'Album de Théodore Labarre 1844, no. 2, Paris, Vialon [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Pessard (1843 - 1917), "J'allais partir", 1873, published 1873, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from Joyeusetés de bonne compagnie, recueillies et mises en musique, no. 7, Paris, A. Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jules Philipot (1824 - 1897), "Doña Balbine", op. 125, published 1874 [ tenor or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Poèmes et Chants, Poésies de Théophile Gautier, no. 6, Paris, L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835 - 1911), "Doña Balbine", subtitle: "Fantaisie-Poésie", published 1866 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 1er recueil, no. 8, Paris, Heu [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 94

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