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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

J'allais par des chemins perfides
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
J'allais par des chemins perfides,
Douloureusement incertain.
Vos chères mains furent mes guides.

Si pâle à l'horizon lointain
Luisait un faible espoir d'aurore ;
Votre regard fut le matin.

Nul bruit, sinon son pas sonore,
N'encourageait le voyageur.
Votre voix me dit : "Marche encore !"

Mon cœur craintif, mon sombre cœur
Pleurait, seul, sur la triste voie ;
L'amour, délicieux vainqueur,

Nous a réunis dans la joie.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1870, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870 [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 Tony Aubin (1907 - 1981), "J'allais par des chemins perfides", 1932, published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Six poèmes de Verlaine, no. 5, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "La bonne chanson", 1889, published 1907, first performed 1889 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Édition mutuelle [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Lucien Darras (b. 1922), "Vos chères mains furent mes guides", published 1945 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rousselot [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "J'allais par des chemins perfides", op. 61 no. 4, published 1892-3 [ voice and piano ], from La bonne chanson, no. 4, Paris, Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert (1868 - 1928), "L'amour vainqueur", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Bourlant-Ladam [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "La bonne chanson", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Frédéric-Albert Le Rey (1858 - 1942), "Consolatrice", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]

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 (Laura L. Nagle) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 65

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