Ce cœur qui bat près de mon coeur

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by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

This heart that flutters near my heart

Language: English

Our translations: FRE SPA

This heart that flutters near my heart 
  My hope and all my riches is, 
Unhappy when we draw apart 
  And happy between kiss and kiss; 
My hope and all my riches - yes! - 
And all my happiness. 

For there, as in some mossy nest 
  The wrens will divers treasures keep, 
I laid those treasures I possessed 
  Ere that mine eyes had learned to weep. 
Shall we not be as wise as they 
Though love live but a day?

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Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 23, first published 1907 [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 David Arditti (b. 1964), no title, op. 20 no. 14 (1998) [ tenor and string quartet ], from Chamber Music, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joan Ferris , "This heart that flutters near my heart", published 1967 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Six Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "This heart that flutters near my heart ", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 23, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Ben Moore (b. 1960), "This heart that flutters" [ voice and piano ], from 14 Songs, no. 11, G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "This heart that flutters near my heart", 1998 [ mezzo-soprano, viola, clarinet, flute, and piano ], from Along the River, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Este corazón que late junto al mío", copyright © 2004, (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: 77

Ce cœur qui bat près de mon coeur

Language: French (Français) after the English

Ce cœur qui bat près de mon coeur
Est mon espoir et toute ma richesse,
Malheureux quand nous nous séparons
Et heureux au milieu des baisers ;
Mon espoir et ma richesse -- oui ! --
Et tout mon bonheur.

Car là, comme dans un nid moussu
Les roitelets gardent divers trésors,
J'ai posé ces trésors que je possédais
Avant que mes yeux aient appris à pleurer.
Ne serons-nous pas aussi sages qu'eux
Bien que l'amour ne vive qu'un jour ?

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Based on:

a text in English by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 23, first published 1907
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 76