by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la...
Language: French (Français) after the Persian (Farsi)
Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la douleur, quand tu n'as plus de larmes, pense à la verdure qui miroite après la pluie. Quand la splendeur du jour t'exaspère, quand tu souhaites qu'une nuit définitive s'abatte sur le monde, pense au réveil d'un enfant.
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Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), no title, appears in Robaiyat, no. 147, Paris, Éd. Piazza, first published 1924 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Luigi Cortese (1899 - 1976), "Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la douleur", op. 8 no. 1 (1932), copyright © 1942 [ medium voice, flute and piano ], from Canti persiani (da 'Robaiyat' di Omar Khayyam), no. 1, Milano : Suvini Zerboni, [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Émile-Paul Cras (1879 - 1932), "Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la douleur", 1924, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Robaiyat, no. 4, Éd. Maurice Sénart (Salabert) [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-03
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Word count: 45