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Quand je chemine, le soir, Dans la forêt rêveuse, Toujours chemine à mon côté Ta tendre image. N'est-ce pas là ton voile blanc? N'est-ce pas ton doux visage? Ou bien, ne serait-ce que le clair de lune Qui brille à travers les sombres sapins? Est-ce mes propres larmes Que j'entends couler doucement? Ou se peut-il, réellement, Que tu viennes, pleurant à mes côtés?
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Séraphine", 1892, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 18, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
When I walk in the evening Through the dreaming forest, Always beside me Your loving image walks as well. Is that not your white veil there? Is that not your sweet face? Or could it be just moonlight Glinting through the gloomy pine trees? Are these my own tears That I hear flowing quietly? Or could it actually be you, Coming to weep beside me?
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- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 65