I think of you when the dawn comes

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by A. Sautter de Beauregard, Comte

Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer

Je pense à toi

(Sung text for setting by C. Widor)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je pense à toi quand vient l'aurore ;
Quand la nuit vient, j'y pense encore ;
   Je pense à toi !... 
Daigne un instant, je t'en supplie,
Ô toi que jamais je n'oublie,
   Penser à moi ! 

À toi mon cœur ! À toi mon âme ! 
Mon être entier pour toi se pâme !
   Je suis à toi !...
Par pitié ! fais-moi dans ta vie,
La douce place que j'envie ;
   Donne-la-moi ! 

Ne sais-tu pas ? Je désespère ! 
Mais la souffrance encor m'est chère ;
   Elle est pour toi !... 
Puisse un jour ton âme attendrie
laisser sa douce reverie
errer sur moi!

À toi mon cœur ! À toi mon âme ! 
Mon être entier pour toi se pâme !
   Je suis à toi !...
Par pitié ! fais-moi dans ta vie,
La douce place que j'envie ;
   Donne-la-moi ! 

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,2 of the original text.

Composition:

Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor

Quarante mélodies

Text Authorship:

by A. Sautter de Beauregard, Comte , no title, appears in Un rêve. Poëme par Sautter de Beauregard, Paris, Sandoz et Fischbacher, first published 1875

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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-05
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Word count: 121

I think of you when the dawn comes

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Widor)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

I think of you when the dawn comes; 
When the night comes, I think of you again; 
I think of you! 
Please take a moment, I beg you, 
o you whom I never forget, 
think of me! 

My heart is yours! My soul is yours! 
My entire being pines for you! 
I am yours!...
For pity’s sake, in your life, 
give me the sweet place that I desire;
Give it to me! 

Don’t you know that I despair, 
but suffering is still dear to me. 
It is for you!
Oh! One day, may your soul, while waiting 
to leave its sweet reverie, 
drift over me!

My heart is yours! My soul is yours! 
My entire being pines for you! 
I am yours!...
For pity’s sake, in your life, 
give me the sweet place that I desire;
Give it to me! 

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,2 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of Widor's version.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by A. Sautter de Beauregard, Comte , no title, appears in Un rêve. Poëme par Sautter de Beauregard, Paris, Sandoz et Fischbacher, first published 1875
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 105