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by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907)

Ressemblance
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vierne)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Vous désirez savoir de moi
D'où me vient pour vous ma tendresse.
Je vous aime, voici pourquoi:
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

Vos yeux noirs sont mouillés souvent
Par l'espérance et la tristesse
Et vouz allez toujours rêvant:
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

Votre tête est de marbre pur
Faite pour le ciel de la Grèce
Où la blancheur luit dans l'azur:
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

Je vous tends chaque jour la main
Vous offrant l'amour qui m'oppresse;
Mais vous passez votre chemin,
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Ressemblance", op. 29 no. 4 (1912), published 1913 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Stances d'amour et de rêve, no. 4, Éd. Durand et Cie

Text Authorship:

  • by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Ressemblance", written 1865, appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in 2. Jeunes Filles, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866

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

  • ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Resemblance", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Resemblance", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

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