Je ne chercherai pas à te jamais comprendre,
Je ne chercherai pas à savoir si tu mens,
Pourvu que ton regard ou ta voix me soit tendre,
Pourvu que tes deux bras me soient toujours aimants.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 63.

Text Authorship:

• by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 102, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Je ne chercherai pas", op. 40 no. 4, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 4, London, Augener
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• by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Que m'importe ! Je t'aime...", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies [1921], no. 2, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Ik ben er niet op uit", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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