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Je jure, tant que je vivrai, De vous aimer, Sylvie. Parques, qui dans vos mains tenez Le fil de notre vie, Allongez, tant que vous pourrez, Le mien, je vous en prie.
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 17th cent. ) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Invocation aux Parques", FP. 42, from Chansons gaillardes, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Anrufung der Parzen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ENG ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Simon Chalifoux) , "Invocation of the fates", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Matthias Fletzberger
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 32
Solang ich leb, dies schwöre ich, liebe ich dich, Sylvia; Parze, die du in den Händen unsern Lebensfaden hältst, spinn, solang du dies vermagst, meinen länger, bitt ich dich.
Authorship
- by Bertram Kottmann , "Anrufung der Parzen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Anrufung der Parzen", 2015 [baritone and piano], from Frivole Lieder, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 29