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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.
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
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 Robert Moïse Émile Alphen (d. 1959), "Le rideau de ma voisine" [ medium voice and piano ] [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 (Julianus Marie) August De Boeck (1865 - 1937), "Le rideau de ma voisine", 1893 [ voice and piano ] [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, dit 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 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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The curtain of my neighbour", copyright © 2018
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59
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.
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2018 by Emily Ezust
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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
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Selbstbetrug", written 1803
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 68