by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Les Persanes
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Dans cette région, les lits des torrents sont tapissés de tant de fleurs violettes, que l'on croit voir couler toujours l’eau bleue de la montagne, et les yeux clairs des femmes sont tellement chargés d’énigmes, que l’on ne sait jamais si leur cœur vous a répondu.
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, Paris: H. Piazza, 1921, pages 98-99.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Les Persanes" [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 Claude Guillon (1879 - 1956), "Les Persanes", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Sept Poèmes arabes tirés du "Jardin des Caresses", no. 3, Paris: Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Persian Women", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
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