sometimes misattributed to Édouard Jules Henri Pailleron (1834 - 1899) and by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907)
Language: French (Français)
Ne jamais la voir ni l'entendre, Ne jamais tout haut la nommer, Mais, fidèle, toujours l'attendre, Toujours l'aimer! Ouvrir les bras, et, las d'attendre, Sur le néant les refermer! Mais encor, toujours les lui tendre Toujours l'aimer. Ah! ne pouvoir que les lui tendre Et dans les pleurs se consumer, Mais ces pleurs toujours les répandre, Toujours l'aimer... Ne jamais la voir ni l'entendre, Ne jamais tout haut la nommer, Mais d'un amour toujours plus tendre Toujours l'aimer. Toujours!
Composition:
- Set to music by Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Soupir", 1896, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], from 20 Mélodies, no. 17, Éd. Louis Gregh
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Édouard Jules Henri Pailleron (1834 - 1899)
- by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Soupir", appears in Les Solitudes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , "Zucht", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Never to see or hear her", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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