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Comme chaque jour, je l'attends. Reviendra-t-elle ? Je pense au soir de l'adieu, au bruit de la porte qu'elle referma sans colère, au silence qu'il y eut dans mon âme. Comme chaque jour, je l'attends. Reviendra-t-elle ? Elle entrerait en disant, pour parler : « Je passais devant ta demeure, et je viens voir si les roses n'ont pas souffert de l'hiver... » Puis, elle sourirait à mon petit jardin, à l'horizon calme, et je sais bien qu'elle ne repartirait pas.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, Paris: L'édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1921, pages 124-125.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "La solitude", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 129, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1911 [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 Marcel Bernheim (1892 - 1963), "Solitude", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes Arabes extraits du “Jardin des Caresses” de Franz Toussaint, no. 2, Paris, Éditions Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "La Solitude", op. 93 no. 2 (1926), published 2020 [ voice and piano ], from Le jardin des caresses, no. 2, Höflich, München [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Perez , "La Solitude", published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Dix Mélodies Arabes, no. 8, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alberto di Pierlas , "La Solitude", published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq Chants extraits du Jardin des caresses, no. 4, Publication : Paris : R. Deiss [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giacinto Sallustio (1879 - 1938), "La Solitude" [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-05-19
Line count: 10
Word count: 78
As I do every day, I wait for her. Will she return? I think of the night of our farewell, Of the noise of the door that she closed without anger, Of the silence that filled my soul. As I do every day, I wait for her. Will she return? She would come in and say, just to say something, "I was passing by your house, and I am coming to see if the roses haven't suffered from the winter ... " Then, she would smile at my little garden, at the calm horizon, and I am sure that she wouldn't leave again.
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Translations of titles:
"La Solitude" = "Loneliness"
"Solitude" = "Loneliness"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2026 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), "La solitude", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 129, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1911
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 102