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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
You want to know of me From whence comes my tenderness toward you. I love you, here is why! You resemble my youth. Your black eyes are often moistened By hope and sadness And you always go dreaming: You resemble my youth. Your head is of pure marble Made for the sky of Greece Where whiteness gleams in the blue: You resemble my youth. I hold out to you each day my hand, Offering you the love that oppresses me. But you pass by on your way, You resemble my youth!
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) 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
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 91