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by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Adolphe Thalasso (1858 - 1919)

Avant que tu fusses
 (Sung text for setting by R. Lenormand)
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Language: French (Français)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Avant que tu fusses et que je fusse au monde,
Que d'aurores et que de crépuscules se sont renouvelés !
Ce n'est pas sans raison que les cieux tournent autour de la terre.
Va donc, doucement, lorsque de ton pied, tu foules la poussière,
Car, qui sait, cette poussière a peut-être été la prunelle d'une jeune beauté.

Composition:

    Set to music by René Lenormand (1846 - 1932), "Avant que tu fusses", op. 97 no. 1, published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart & Cie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolphe Thalasso (1858 - 1919), "Avant que tu fusses (quatrain)", appears in Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique, in 25. Perse, no. 117, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1906

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-05
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