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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Je ne désire point ces ardeurs qui passionnent
 (Sung text for setting by D. Milhaud)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Je ne désire point ces ardeurs qui passionnent.
Non : elle me sera douce comme l'Automne.
Telle est sa pureté que je désirerais
qu'elle eût sur son chapeau des narcisses-des-prés.
Mais que, si elle doit me donner cette grâce
que la blanche vertu rend calme et efficace,
et veiller aux travaux ainsi que la fourmi,
je la voie au jardin me sourire parmi
les carrés de piments que Septembre rougit.
Ils me feront penser à mes passions passées.
Elle sera le lys qui les a dominées.

Composition:

    Set to music by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Je ne désire point ces ardeurs qui passionnent", op. 355 no. 11 (1956), published 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 11, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 11, first published 1906

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-12
Line count: 11
Word count: 85

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