by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Inscription
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Celle qui fut Daoulah repose ici. Elle est morte, la troisième nuit de Djemazi-el-Akhir, qui est le mois funeste aux fleurs. Nous l'aimions. Sa bouche était savoureuse. Si son nom te rappelle que tu l'as caressée, un soir, évoque aussi pour elle ce bonheur ancien, car le sommeil des morts est sans rêves.
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, H. Piazza, Paris : 1921, p.98
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Inscription", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 146 [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 Jean Artiguères , "Inscription", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Daoulah, no. 5, Paris : H. Maquaire [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julieff Melmeister (flourished c1927), "Inscription", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], Paris (20, rue du Dragon) : éditions Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Abel Nathan , "Inscription", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Le Jardin des caresses, no. 7, Paris : L. Philippo, éditeur [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Quinet (1898 - 1971), "Inscription", 1921, copyright © 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies orientales, no. 3, Bruxelles : L'Art belge [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Inscription", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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