by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG ITA
Où vivre ? Dans quelle ombre
Étouffer mon ennui ?
Ma tristesse est plus sombre
  Que la nuit.

Où mourir ? Dans quelle onde
Noyer mon deuil amer ?
Ma peine est plus profonde
  Que la mer.

Où fuir ? De quelle honte
Égorger mon remords ?
Ma douleur est plus forte
  Que la mort.

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Angoisse", op. 48, Heft 4 (Nivôse) no. 3 (1924), published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le poème de l'amour, no. 14, Éd. H. Lemoine

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

  • ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Anguish", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Francesco Campanella) , "Angoscia", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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