by
Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950)
Tu croyais le tenir
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): 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.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Tu croyais le tenir"
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 52