You thought you held him | You thought you held him, and he caught you

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by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950)

Translation © by Marian Nelson

Tu croyais le tenir

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Tu croyais le tenir et il t'a prise,
tu croyais avoir fait un prisonnier et il te tient!
Tu croyais le tenir et il t'a prise,
tu croyais avoir fait un prisonnier,
tu croyais jouer avec l'amour et il le tient,
et le petit jeu est devenu la grande aventure.

Text Authorship:

by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Tu croyais le tenir"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Tu croyais le tenir", op. 151 no. 2 (1935), published 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Sept chansons pour Gladys, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Marian Nelson) , "You thought you held him", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 50

You thought you held him

Language: English after the French (Français)

You thought you held him, and he caught you
You thought you’d imprison him, and he is holding you!
You thought you held him, and he caught you
You thought you’d imprison him, 
You thought you were playing with love, but love caught you!
And the little game became a great affair.

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a text in French (Français) by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Tu croyais le tenir"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 52