I keep a medal for her | I keep a medal for her on which are engraved

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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Je garde une médaille d'elle où sont...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je garde une médaille d'elle où sont gravés
une date et les mots: prier, croire, espérer.
Mais moi, je vois surtout que la médaille est sombre :
son argent a noirci sur son col de colombe.

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Text Authorship:

by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 15, first published 1906 [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 Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Je garde une médaille", 1999 [ high voice, flute, and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
by Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Je garde une médaille d'elle", 1914, published 1919 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Clairières dans le ciel, no. 12, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Je garde une médaille d'elle", op. 355 no. 15 (1956), published 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 15, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "I keep a medal for her", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I keep a medal for her

Language: English after the French (Français)

I keep a medal for her on which are engraved 
three words: pray, believe, hope. 
What I see most is that the medal is dark because 
its silver has blackened on her dove's neck.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 15, first published 1906
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 34