by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Émile Steinilber-Oberlin (b. 1878) and by Hidétaké Iwamura
Le Mal d'aimer
Language: French (Français) after the Japanese (日本語)
Son souvenir me poursuit...
Que fait-il? que pense-t-il?
Au début, il était si gentil!
« Ni messieurs les médecins
ni les eaux chaudes de Koucatsou
ne peuvent guérir le mal d'aimer ! »
Je me regarde dans le miroir
Oh ! que je suis maigre !
je suis laide !...
Un papillon vole,
est-il triste ou gai?
que pense-t-il ?
Confirmed with Oberlin, Steinilber & Iwamura, Hidetaké, Chansons des Geishas, Aux éditions G. Crès. Paris - 1926 p.62
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Steinilber-Oberlin (b. 1878), "Le Mal d'aimer", appears in Chansons des Geishas, in Les Heures légères, Paris, Éd. Georges Crès & Cie., first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Hidétaké Iwamura , "Le Mal d'aimer", appears in Chansons des Geishas, in Les Heures légères, Paris, Éd. Georges Crès & Cie., first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henri Gil-Marchex (1894 - 1970), "Le Mal d'aimer", published 1935, first performed 1937 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons de Geishas, no. 4, Paris, Éd. du Magasin Musical Pierre Schneider [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-02
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Word count: 52