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J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front, Ô ma rebelle, ô ma farouche, J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ta bouche Où mes baisers s'épuiseront. J'aime ta voix, j'aime l'étrange Grâce de tout ce que tu dis, Ô ma rebelle, ô mon cher ange, Mon enfer et mon paradis !1 J'aime tout ce qui te fait belle, De tes pieds jusqu'à tes cheveux, Ô toi vers qui montent mes vœux, [Ô ma farouche, ô ma rebelle !]2
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, Le Pays des Roses. Poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, Paris, G. Charpentier, 1882, pages 123-124.
1 Adolphe repeats the first line here.2 omitted by Adolphe.
Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d'amour", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 3. Vers pour être chantés, Paris, G. Charpentier, first published 1882 [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 Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Chanson d'amour", first performed 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from A Thousand Years of Love, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Chanson d'amour", op. 27 no. 1 (1882), published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "Chant d'amour" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Eug. Fromont [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Song of love", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Liebeslied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , copyright © 2009, (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: 74
Amo i tuoi occhi, amo il tuo volto, o mia ribelle, o mia scontrosa, amo i tuoi occhi, amo la tua bocca dove i miei baci si sfiniranno. Amo la tua voce, amo quella strana grazia con cui tutto sai dire, o mia ribelle, o mio caro angelo mio inferno e mio paradiso! Amo tutto ciò che ti fa bella dai tuoi piedi fino ai tuoi capelli, o tu, oggetto dei miei pensieri, o mia scontrosa, o mia ribelle!
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Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Enrico Magnani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d'amour", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 3. Vers pour être chantés, Paris, G. Charpentier, first published 1882
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 79