Destiny | Man can do nothing against Love

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by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950)

Translation © by Marian Nelson

Fatum

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

L'Homme ne peut rien contre l'Amour, 
la Femme non plus.
Voilà pourquoi, 
ô nageuse Gladys. 
Ton sort n'apparut aussi clair
que la merveilleuse eau claire 
où jouait ton corps de naïade fluide, calme.
La Femme ne peut rien contre l'Amour, 
l'Homme non plus.

Text Authorship:

by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Fatum"

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), "Fatum", op. 151 no. 7 (1935), published 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Sept chansons pour Gladys, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Marian Nelson) , "Destiny", 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: 9
Word count: 43

Destiny

Language: English after the French (Français)

Man can do nothing against Love, 
Woman neither.
Here’s why, 
O swimming Gladys
Your fate appeared to me to be as clear
as that marvelous clear water 
where your fluid naiad body plays.
Woman can do nothing against Love, 
Man neither.

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a text in French (Français) by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Fatum"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 41