Distique | Lorsque je ne serai plus, que mortes seront mes

by Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki (858 - c941)

Translation by Adolphe Thalasso (1858 - 1919)

Lorsque je ne serai plus, que mortes...

Language: French (Français) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: ENG

Lorsque je ne serai plus, que mortes seront mes
  lèvres et mortes mes paupières, que mon corps
  froid et sans désir sera vide de ton âme,
Viens veiller près du corps qui t'aimait et dis tout
  doucement : Ô toi que mes dédains ont tué et
  que mon cœur à jamais regrette !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Adolphe Thalasso, Anthologie de l'Amour Asiatique, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1907, page 310.

Text Authorship:

by Adolphe Thalasso (1858 - 1919), "Distique", subtitle: "Rhoudagui", appears in Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique, in 25. Perse, no. 106, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki (858 - c941) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Vincenzo Davico (1889 - 1969), "Prière", published 1917? [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Chants d'Orient, no. 4, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
by René Lenormand (1846 - 1932), "Lorsque je ne serai plus", op. 95 no. 2, published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Georges Sporck (1870 - 1943), "Lorsque je ne serai plus, que mortes seront mes", 1921, copyright © 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes orientaux, première série, no. 4, Éd. Robert Martin [sung text not yet checked]

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