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by Élise de Pressensé (1826 - 1901)

Dis, le sais‑tu, pourquoi ?
 (Sung text for setting by C. Widor)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dis, le sais-tu, pourquoi je me sens si lassée,
que je voudrais m'asseoir sur le bord du chemin ?
Pourquoi mon cœur est triste, et mon âme oppressée,
et pourquoi mon regard se détourne du tien ?

Sais-tu pourquoi ma main, quand ta main l'a cherchée,
glacée et sans élan, ne t'a pas répondu,
et pourquoi comme l'urne à regret épanchée
mon cœur avec le tien ne s'est pas confondu ?

Dis, le sais-tu, pourquoi ? Le sais-tu ?

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Dis, le sais-tu, pourquoi ?" [ high voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 35, Éd. J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Élise de Pressensé (1826 - 1901)

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

  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Tell me, do you know, why?", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-09-24
Line count: 9
Word count: 75

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