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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

Pourquoi ?
 (Sung text for setting by M. de Rothschild)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Quand vous me montrez une rose
Qui s'épanouit sous l'azur,
Pourquoi suis-je alors plus morose ?
Quand vous me montrez une rose,
C'est que je pense à son front pur.

Quand vous me montrez une étoile,
Pourquoi les pleurs, comme un brouillard,
Sur mes yeux jettent-ils leur voile ?
Quand vous me montrez une étoile,
C'est que je pense à son regard.

Quand vous me montrez l'hirondelle
Qui part jusqu'au prochain avril,
Pourquoi mon âme se meurt-elle ?
Quand vous me montrez l'hirondelle,
C'est que je pense à mon exil.

Composition:

    Set to music by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Pourquoi ?" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Romance", appears in Les Récits et les Élégies, in Élégies, in 2. L'Exilée

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2012
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "When you show me a rose", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-18
Line count: 15
Word count: 87

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