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Plus rouge que la fleur de [l'ohkouan]1 le soleil descendait [derrière la campagne]2. C'était l'heure convenue. J'avais entravé mon [cheval. Je]3 m'étais assis. Tu es [arrivée, Fatima]4 ! [Et j'ai frissonné]5, comme le dormeur qui est surpris par l'aurore.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, Paris : H. Piazza, 1919, p. 70, with the title "L'Attente". Earlier title: "Ebn Zeïdoun".
1 Bonhomme: "l'océan"2 Bonhomme: "dans les sables"
3 Coelho: "cheval et je"
4 Bonhomme: "arrivée"; Coelho: "arrivée, ma bien-aimée"
5 Coelho: "Alors un grand frisson m'a saisi"
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 70, appears in Kacidas Mauresques du Xe siècle [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "Attente", op. 84 no. 1 (c1941) [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes Arabes, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ruy Coelho (1889 - 1986), "Ebn Zeïdoun", published [1931], from 6 Kacides mauresques, no. 4, Lisboa : Oliveira [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Cozanet (1870 - 1938), as Jean d'Udine, "L'Attente", published 1929 [ high voice and piano ], from Sept poèmes arabes extraits du Jardin des Caresses de Franz Toussaint, no. 4, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel; note: the text begins 'C'était l'heure convenue' [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacqueline Despas (b. 1893), "L'Attente", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes Arabes, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sylvain Vouillement (1910 - 1995), "L'Attente" [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 45
Redder than the flower of the [ohkouan]1 the sun set [behind the landscape]2. It was the appointed hour. I'd tied up my [horse. I'd]3 sat down. You [appeared, Fatima]4! [And I shivered]5, like a sleeper who is surprised by the dawn.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles:
"Attente" = "Waiting"
"Ebn Zeïdoun" = "Ebn Zeïdoun"
"L'Attente" = "Waiting"
1 Bonhomme: "ocean"
2 Bonhomme: "into the sands"
3 Coelho: "horse and I'd"
4 Bonhomme: "appeared"; Coelho: "appeared, my beloved"
5 Coelho: "Then I was seized with a great shiver"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2025 by Grant Hicks, (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 Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 70, appears in Kacidas Mauresques du Xe siècle
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 50