I want something to be placed on my grave: a pink stone

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by Adolphe Thalasso (1858 - 1919)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Je veux qu on mette sur ma tombe une...

Language: French (Français) after the Unknown Language

Our translations: ENG

Je veux qu on mette sur ma tombe une pierre rose, 
  comme talisman, 
En mémoire du cœur de pierre et de la beauté rose
  de la maitresse qui m'a fait mourir.

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Confirmed with Adolphe Thalasso, Anthologie de l'Amour Asiatique, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1907, page 227.

Text Authorship:

by Adolphe Thalasso (1858 - 1919), "Fardiyat", appears in Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique, in 15. Hindoustan, no. 71, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Unknown Language by Selim III (1761 - 1808) [text unavailable]
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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 Vincenzo Davico (1889 - 1969), "Le Talisman", published 1917? [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Chants d'Orient, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
by Georges Sporck (1870 - 1943), "Je veux qu'on mette sur ma tombe", 1920, copyright © 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes orientaux, première série, no. 9, Éd. Robert Martin [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I want something to be placed on my...

Language: English after the French (Français)

I want something to be placed on my grave: a pink stone,
  as a talisman,
In memory of the heart of stone and the rosy beauty
  of the mistress who made me die.

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Translations of titles
"Le Talisman" = "The Talisman"
"Je veux qu'on mette sur ma tombe" = "I want something to be placed on my grave"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Adolphe Thalasso (1858 - 1919), "Fardiyat", appears in Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique, in 15. Hindoustan, no. 71, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1906
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Unknown Language by Selim III (1761 - 1808) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 33