L'amour est venu à nous en un temps qui est passé

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by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Love came to us in time gone by

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Love came to us in time gone by
    When one at twilight shyly played 
And one in fear was standing nigh -- -
    For Love at first is all afraid.

We were grave lovers. Love is past
    That had his sweet hours many a one; 
Welcome to us now at the last
    The ways that we shall go upon.

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Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 30, first published 1907 [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 Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 30, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1962 [ satb chorus and piano ], from Songs about the end of love [sung text not yet checked]
by Barry Seaman (b. 1946), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1981 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music Book I, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

L'amour est venu à nous en un temps qui...

Language: French (Français) after the English

L'amour est venu à nous en un temps qui est passé
Quand l'un jouait timidement au crépuscule
Et l'autre plein de crainte se tenait tout près --
Car l'amour au début est tout craintif.

Nous étions des amants graves. L'amour est passé
Lui qui a eu maintes douces heures pour lui,
Bienvenus à nous maintenant enfin
Les chemins que nous prendrons.

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Based on:

a text in English by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 30, first published 1907
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 60