by
Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)
Où vivre ? Dans quelle ombre
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG ITA
Où vivre ? Dans quelle ombre
Étouffer mon ennui ?
Ma tristesse est plus sombre
Que la nuit.
Où mourir ? Sous quelle onde
Noyer mon deuil amer ?
Ma peine est plus profonde
Que la mer.
Où fuir ? De quelle sorte
Égorger mon remord ?
Ma douleur est plus forte
Que la mort.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Les caresses, Nouvelle Édition, Paris, G. Charpentier, [no date], page 249.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Où vivre?", op. 44 no. 6 (1890) [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Poèmes de Jean Richepin, no. 6, Éd. "Au Menestrel" Henri Heugel, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Où vivre ?", 1894, published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons tristes, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Où vivre?", op. 45 no. 1 (1912), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 4 Lieds, no. 1, Paris, Éd. S. Chapelier [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Où vivre ? Dans quelle ombre étonffer mon ennui?", op. 30 (Cinq Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 4, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Angoisse", op. 48, Heft 4 (Nivôse) no. 3 (1924), published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le poème de l'amour, no. 14, Éd. H. Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Anguish", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Francesco Campanella) , "Angoscia", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 49
Anguish
Language: English after the French (Français)
Where live? In what shadow
Stifle my boredom?
My sadness is darker
Than the night.
Where die? Under what wave
Drown my bitter mourning?
My sorrow is deeper
Than the sea.
Where flee? In what manner
Slaughter my remorse?
My pain is stronger
Than death.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2007 by Corinne Orde, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), no title, written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 4. Nivôse, no. 18, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882
This text was added to the website: 2007-11-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 45