by Joseph Charles Mardrus (1868 - 1949)
Translation by Edward Powys Mathers (1892 - 1939)
I Could Not Keep Love Down Matches original text
Language: English after the French (Français)
I could not keep love down; He rose and pinned my sleepy eyes awake. He crept into my voice, and made it break, My heart, and made it ache. I could not keep love down; He rose and lighted fires within my brain, And all the waters of the world are vain To put them out again.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Bartlett (b. 1949), "I Could Not Keep Love Down", 1973 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Powys Mathers (1892 - 1939), no title, written 1923
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Joseph Charles Mardrus (1868 - 1949), appears in Les Mille et Une Nuits, first published 1898-1904 [text unavailable]
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in One Thousand and One Nights = أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-25
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Word count: 58