by
Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Je garde une médaille d'elle où sont...
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): 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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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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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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Word count: 36
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.
Authorship:
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