I long for your return

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by André Chénier (1762 - 1794)

Translation © by Qi Feng Wu

Adieu

(Sung text for setting by C. Cui)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

          Je veux que mon retour 
Te paraisse bien long ; je veux que nuit et jour 
Tu m’aimes. (Nuit et jour, hélas ! je me tourmente.)
Présente au milieu d’eux, sois seule, sois absente ;
Dors en pensant à moi; rêve-moi près de toi ;
Ne vois que moi sans cesse, et sois toute avec moi.

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César Antonovich Cui

Text Authorship:

by André Chénier (1762 - 1794), no title, appears in Élégies, no. 3

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Word count: 55

I long for your return

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Cui)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

I long for your return 
I’d like to appear calm; I hope night and day 
that you love me. (Night and day, alas! I torment myself.)
Present among them, to be alone, to be absent;
Sleep thinking of me; dream me close to you;
See only me, and be totally with me.

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a text in French (Français) by André Chénier (1762 - 1794), no title, appears in Élégies, no. 3
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