by
Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Je ne chercherai pas à te jamais...
Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)
Our translations: DUT ENG
Je ne chercherai pas à te jamais comprendre,
Je ne chercherai pas à savoir si tu mens,
Pourvu que ton regard ou ta voix me soit tendre,
Pourvu que tes deux bras me soient toujours aimants.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 63.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 102, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Je ne chercherai pas", op. 40 no. 4, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 4, London, Augener
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- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Que m'importe ! Je t'aime...", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies [1921], no. 2, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Ik ben er niet op uit", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 36
I will not seek ever to understand you
Language: English after the French (Français)
I will not seek ever to understand you,
I will not seek to know if you are lying,
As long as your gaze and your voice are sweet to me,
As long as your embrace is always loving.
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Text Authorship:
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- a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 102, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 38
