by Tristan L'Hermite François (1601 - 1655)
Je tremble en voyant ton visage See original
Language: French (Français)
... 22. Je tremble en voyant ton visage Flotter avecque mes désirs, Tant j'ai de peur que mes soupirs Ne lui fassent faire naufrage. De crainte de cette aventure, Ne commets pas si librement A cet infidèle Élément Tous les trésors de la Nature. Veux-tu par un doux privilège, Me mettre au-dessus des humains ? Fais-moi boire au creux de tes mains, Si l'eau n'en dissout point la neige. ...
Composition:
- Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Je tremble en voyant ton visage", L. 129/(118) no. 3 (1904-10), stanzas 22-24 [ voice and piano ], from Le promenoir des deux amants, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Tristan L'Hermite François (1601 - 1655), "Le Promenoir des deux amants", written 1638, appears in Les Amours de Tristan, Chez Pierre Billaine, rue St Jacques à Paris, first published 1638
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Take my advice, dear Climene", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Stephen Shea) , "I tremble when I see your face", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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