sometimes misattributed to Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901) and by Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Penses‑tu que ce soit aimer ?
Language: French (Français)
Trouver dans mes [rêves]1 du soir Cet oeil que sur moi tu soulèves ; Suivre pleine d'un vague espoir Des pensers plus doux que ces rêves ; Par ta voix me sentir charmer, Ne compter demon existence, Que les instants de ta présence... Penses-tu, penses-tu que ce soit aimer ? Deviner le bruit de tes pas, Dont mon cœur prévient mon oreille ; Aimer a répéter tout bas ce que tu m'avais dis la veille ; Pour toi sans cesse m'alarmer ; Rougir quand ton nom se prononce ; A ta voix rester sans reponse Penses-tu, penses-tu que ce soit aimer ?
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1 Duchambge: "songes"; further changes may exist not shown above.
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1 Duchambge: "songes"; further changes may exist not shown above.
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
- by Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854) [author's text not yet checked 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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Penses-tu que ce soit aimer ?", op. 9 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6 (1874), published 1874-5 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: Bessel, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pauline Duchambge (1778 - 1858), "Penses-tu que ce soit aimer ?", published 1830? [ high voice and piano ], Éd. J. Meissonnier [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 95
Lyublyu ya tebya, il net?
Language: Russian (Русский) after the French (Français)
B videniyax sladkago sna tvoi mne mereshhat`sya ochi; I nezhny'ya rechi tvoi ya sly'shu v tishi polunochi; Mgnoven`e kazhdoe ya slezhu tebya dumoyu tajnoj, Zhivu lish` tol`ko toboyu... O skazhi lyublyu ya tebya, il net? Ne slukom, no serdcem moim ya sly'shu tvoyo priblizhen`e; lyublyu vspominat` bez koncza privetny'x rechej vy'razhen`ya. Ne vol`no smushhayusya ya usly'shav mne miloe imya; krasneyu s toboj govorya O skazhi mne, skazhi, tebya lyublyu ya il net?
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) misattributed to Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901) and by Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Люблю я тебя, ил нет?", op. 9 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6 (1874), published 1874-5 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: Bessel, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 72