Je ne prends point garde | Je ne prends point garde que mon sort terrestre

Translation by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898)

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Language: English

I heed not that my earthly lot
Hath — little of Earth in it —
That years of love have been forgot
In the hatred of a minute: —
I mourn not that the desolate
Are happier, sweet, than I,
But that you sorrow for my fate
Who am a passer by.

Note: another (earlier?) version is titled To M--.

Text Authorship:

by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "To ---", written 1828-1849 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898) , no title ; composed by Albert Huybrechts.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-10-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

Je ne prends point garde que mon sort...

Language: French (Français) after the English

Je ne prends point garde que mon sort terrestre 
n'a presque rien de la terre, 
que des années d'amour ont été oubliées 
dans la haine d'une minute : 
mon deuil n'est point que les désolés 
même ne soient plus heureux, - bijou !
que moi, mais que vous vous chagrinez 
de mon sort, moi qui suis un passant.

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Text Authorship:

by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "To ---", written 1828-1849
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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 Albert Huybrechts (1899 - 1938), "Je ne prends point garde", 1928 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Trois poèmes d'Edgar Poe, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-10-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 55