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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Par ce que j'ai souffert
 (Sung text for setting by L. Boulanger)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Par ce que j'ai souffert, ma mésange bénie,
je sais ce qu'a souffert l'autre : car j'étais deux...
Je sais vos longs réveils au milieu de la nuit
et l'angoisse de moi qui vous gonfle le sein.
On dirait par moments qu'une tête chérie,
confiante et pure, ô vous qui êtes la sœur des lins
en fleurs et qui parfois fixez le ciel comme eux,
on dirait qu'une tête inclinée dans la nuit
pèse de tout son poids, à jamais, sur ma vie.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Par ce que j'ai souffert", 1914, published 1919 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Clairières dans le ciel, no. 11, Ricordi

Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 21, first published 1906

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Because I have suffered", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 82

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