Sighs! | O you, my heart and you, my soul

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by Paul de Chazot (1802 - 1880)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Soupirs !

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Ô vous, mon cœur, et vous, mon âme,
Allez où vont tous mes désirs,
Tous mes soupirs !
Portés sur des ailes de flamme,
Allez où vont tous mes soupirs !

Suivez mes strophes cadencées,
Qu'au vent je jette tour à tour,
Mes chants d'amour !
Echos si doux de ma pensée,
Suivez mes tendres chants d'amour !

Effeuillez les plus belles roses
Et puis allez vous reposer
Dans un baiser !
Sur sa bouche aux lèvres mi-closes
Endormez-vous dans un baiser !

Text Authorship:

by Paul de Chazot (1802 - 1880) [author's text not yet checked 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 Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914), "Soupirs !" [ medium voice and piano ], from Premier recueil de vingt-cinq Mélodies chant et piano de J. Faure, no. 13, Édition Heugel 'Au Ménestrel' [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Sighs!", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 77

Sighs!

Language: English after the French (Français)

O you, my heart and you, my soul,
Go where all of my desires go,
All of my sighs!
Borne on wings of flame,
Go where all of my sighs go!

Follow my rhythmic verses,
That I toss into the wind, one after another,
My songs of love!
Such sweet echoes of my thoughts,
Follow my tender songs of love!

Pluck the most beautiful roses
And then you can rest
In a kiss!
On her mouth with slightly parted lips
Fall asleep within a kiss!

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a text in French (Français) by Paul de Chazot (1802 - 1880)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 85