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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Le rideau de ma voisine
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Le rideau de ma voisine
Se soulève lentement.
Elle va, je l'imagine,
  Prendre l'air un moment.

On entr'ouvre la fenêtre ;
Je sens mon cœur palpiter.
Elle veut savoir peut-être
  Si je suis à guetter.

Mais, hélas ! ce n'est qu'un rêve ;
Ma voisine aime un lourdaud,
Et c'est le vent qui soulève
  Le coin de son rideau.

First titled "Chanson de Goethe" in 1836.

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Le rideau de ma voisine", subtitle: "Imité de Goethe", written 1836, appears in Poésies nouvelles, first published 1852 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Selbstbetrug", written 1803
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Alfred Alessandresco (1893 - 1959), "Le rideau de ma voisine", subtitle: "Ariette dans le style ancien " [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moïse Émile Robert Alphen (1880 - 1959), "Le Rideau de ma voisine", published 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], in the revue Musica, in 'L'Album Musica', no. 68 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antoine Banès (1856 - 1924), "Le rideau de ma voisine", published [1881] [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Mélodies, no. 11, Paris, Éd Félix Mackar [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jules Bordier (1846 - 1896), "Le rideau de ma voisine", published 1880? [ high voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies, no. 5, Paris, Éd. G. Hartmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Boulay , "Le rideau de ma voisine", 1935 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Le rideau de ma voisine", 1879 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by H. Commelin , "Le Rideau de ma voisine", <<1911 [ high voice and piano ], Édition E. Ploix [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Darde , "Le Rideau de ma voisine" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Julianus Marie) August De Boeck (1865 - 1937), "Le rideau de ma voisine", 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marc Delmas (1885 - 1931), "Le Rideau de ma voisine", published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies pour chant avec accompagnement de piano, no. 1, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Gil-Marchex (1894 - 1970), "Le rideau de ma voisine" [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maxime Jacob (1906 - 1977), "Le rideau de ma voisine", 1926, published 1926 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois poésies d'A. de Musset, no. 3, Éd. Jean Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Jumel (1877 - 1898), "Le rideau de ma voisine", published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], in the revue La Musique, September 1, 1912, Éditions L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adam Laussel (1845 - 1893), "Le rideau de ma voisine" [ medium voice and piano ], in the revue "Musica", Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest-Louis-Victor-Jules L'Épine (1826 - 1893), "Le Rideau de ma voisine", published [1868] [ high voice and piano ], from 22 Scènes et Chansons, no. 1, Éd. G. Flaxland [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Mélant (1855 - 1916), "Le rideau de ma voisine", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 7, A. et F. Mahillon: Bruxelles [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Pessard (1843 - 1917), "Le Rideau de ma voisine" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Le rideau de ma voisine", op. 74 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, A. Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Selmer , "Le Rideau de ma voisine", op. 3, published [1914] [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. de l'auteur [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Léopold Wallner (1847 - 1913), "Le Rideau de ma voisine", published [1895] [ medium voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Éd. Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The curtain of my neighbour", copyright © 2018


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

The curtain of my neighbour
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
The curtain of my neighbour
Slowly rises.
She is going, I imagine,
To take some air in a moment.

The window is opened halfway:
I feel my heart pound.
Perhaps she wishes to know
If I am on the lookout for her.

But, alas! it is only a daydream;
My neighbour loves some blockhead,
And it is only the wind that is lifting
The corner of her curtain.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2018 by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Le rideau de ma voisine", subtitle: "Imité de Goethe", written 1836, appears in Poésies nouvelles, first published 1852
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Selbstbetrug", written 1803
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2018-03-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

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