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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

Si j'ai parlé
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Si j'ai parlé 
De mon amour, c'est à l'eau lente 
Qui m'écoute quand je me penche 
Sur elle ; si j'ai parlé 
De mon amour, c'est au vent 
Qui rit et chuchote entre les branches ; 
Si j'ai parlé de mon amour, c'est à l'oiseau 
Qui passe et chante 
Avec le vent ; 
Si j'ai parlé 
C'est à l'écho.
Si j'ai aimé de grand amour, 
Triste ou joyeux, 
Ce sont tes yeux ; 
Si j'ai aimé de grand amour, 
Ce fut ta bouche grave et douce, 
Ce fut ta bouche ; 
Si j'ai aimé de grand amour, 
Ce furent ta chair tiède et tes mains fraiches, 
Et c'est ton ombre que je cherche.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Odelette IV", written 1897, appears in Les jeux rustiques et divins, in 4. La corbeille des heures, no. 8, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Louis Aubert (1877 - 1968), "Odelette", 1910, published 1911 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "Si j'ai parlé", op. 14 no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolphe Borchard (1882 - 1967), "Confidence", published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Auguste Chapuis (1858 - 1933), "Si j'ai parlé de mon amour", published 1932 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éditions Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yves Cornière (1934 - 2011), "Odelette", 1962, copyright © 1962, first performed 1966 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Trois mélodies pour chant et orchestre, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Si j'ai parlé ... Si j'ai aimé", published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies (1906), no. 1, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gabriel Dupont (1878 - 1914), "Si j'ai aimé", 1903-04, published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], from Poèmes d'automne, no. 1, Paris, G. Astruc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Raoul Gradis (1861 - 1943), "Odelette no. 36" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955), "Si j'ai parlé", 1897 [ high voice and piano ], Nancy, Éd. Dupont-Metzner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc (1875 - 1956), "Odelette", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies, recueil 2, no. 5, Paris, Édition Francis Salabert [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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