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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Parfois, je suis triste
 (Sung text for setting by L. Boulanger)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Parfois, je suis triste. Et soudain, je pense à elle.
Alors, je suis joyeux. Mais je redeviens triste
de ce que je ne sais pas combien elle m'aime.
Elle est la jeune fille à l'âme toute claire,
et qui, dedans son cœur, garde avec jalousie
l'unique passion que l'on donne à un seul.
Elle est partie avant que s'ouvrent les tilleuls,
et, comme ils ont fleuri depuis qu'elle est partie,
Je me suis étonné de voir, ô mes amis,
des branches de tilleuls qui n'avaient pas de fleurs.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Parfois, je suis triste", 1914, published 1919 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Clairières dans le ciel, no. 3, Ricordi

Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 5, first published 1906

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Sometimes I'm sad", 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: 10
Word count: 88

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