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J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front, Ô ma rebelle, ô ma farouche, J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ta bouche Où mes baisers s'épuiseront. J'aime ta voix, j'aime l'étrange Grâce de tout ce que tu dis, Ô ma rebelle, ô mon cher ange, Mon enfer et mon paradis !1 J'aime tout ce qui te fait belle, De tes pieds jusqu'à tes cheveux, Ô toi vers qui montent mes [vœux, Ô ma farouche, ô ma rebelle !]2
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Armand Silvestre, Le Pays des Roses. Poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, Paris, G. Charpentier, 1882, pages 123-124.
1 Adolphe adds "J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front."2 Adolphe: "vœux !"
Text Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d'amour", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 3. Vers pour être chantés, Paris, G. Charpentier, first published 1882 [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):
- by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Chanson d'amour", first performed 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from A Thousand Years of Love, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Chanson d'amour", op. 27 no. 1 (1882), published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "Chant d'amour" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Eug. Fromont [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Song of love", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Liebeslied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75
Ich liebe deine Augen, ich liebe deine Stirn, meine Rebellin, meine Wilde, ich liebe deine Augen, ich liebe deinen Mund, auf dem sich meine Küsse erschöpfen. Ich liebe deine Stimme, ich liebe den seltsamen Charme, alles dessen, was du sagst. meine Rebellin, mein lieber Engel, Meine Hölle und mein Paradies! Ich liebe alles das, was dich schön macht; ich liebe dich von Kopf bis Fuß, o du, zu der meine Wünsche emporsteigen, meine Wilde, meine Rebellin!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © by Nele Gramß, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d'amour", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 3. Vers pour être chantés, Paris, G. Charpentier, first published 1882
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 76