by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
Combien de temps, dis, la belle
Language: French (Français)
Combien de temps, dis, la belle,
Dis, veux-tu m'être fidèle ? —
Pour une nuit, pour un jour,
Mon amour.
L'Amour nous flatte et nous touche
Du doigt, de l'œil, de la bouche,
Pour un jour, pour une nuit,
Et s'enfuit.
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Note: details of the misattribution of this text to Swinburne can be found in Thomas James Wise, A Bibliographical List of the Scarcer Works and Uncollected Writings of Algernon Charles Swinburne, London: 1897, page 110.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Dolorida", first published [1883] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943), "Un jour, une nuit", published 1910 [ medium voice and piano ], New York, G. Schirmer, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913) ; composed by Victor Harris.
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