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by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907)

Vous désirez savoir de moi
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Vous désirez savoir de moi
D'où me vient pour vous ma tendresse.
Je vous aime, voici pourquoi:
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

Vos yeux noirs sont mouillés souvent
Par l'espérance et la tristesse
Et vouz allez toujours rêvant:
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

Votre tête est de marbre pur
Faite pour le ciel de la Grèce
Où la blancheur luit dans l'azur:
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

Je vous tends chaque jour la main
Vous offrant l'amour qui m'oppresse;
Mais vous passez votre chemin,
Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse.

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Text Authorship:

  • by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Ressemblance", written 1865, appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in 2. Jeunes Filles, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [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 Henri-Paul Büsser (1872 - 1973), "Évocation", published 1897? [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul-Charles-Marie Curet (1848 - 1917), as Paul Puget, "Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse", published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, Vol. 2, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Henry Lemoine & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Albert Diot (1867 - 1911), "Ressemblance", published [1901] [ voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Société Nouvelle d'Éditions Musicales, Ancien fonds Paul Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jenő Hubay (1858 - 1937), "Ressemblance", op. 17 (Cinq mélodies) no. 2, published 1890 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Ressemblance" [ voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch Frères & Costallat [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Ressemblance", op. 29 no. 4 (1912), published 1913 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Stances d'amour et de rêve, no. 4, Éd. Durand et Cie [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by André Wormser (1851 - 1926), "Vous ressemblez à ma jeunesse" [ medium voice and piano ], Société d'Édition Mutuelle de musique [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Resemblance", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Resemblance", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

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