Soudjoud | Will you long continue, O my fiery carnation

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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Soudjoud

Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)

Our translations: ENG

Longtemps encore, ô mon œillet flamboyant, 
refuseras-tu de me regarder ?
— Es-tu donc le soleil, 
pour vouloir que je me tourne vers toi ? 
— Et si, las de ta cruauté, j'escaladais, 
pour t'étrangler, le mur de ta demeure ? 
— Je te laisserais baiser mon cou parfumé, 
afin de t'entendre gémir d'amour.

Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des Caresses, 73e édition, Paris : L'édition d'art H. Piazza, 1921, p.84

Text Authorship:

by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Soudjoud", written 1929?, appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 83, Paris, Éd. Piazza [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Maurice Perez , "Soudjoud", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dix Mélodies Arabes, no. 7, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Soudjoud", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Soudjoud

Language: English after the French (Français)

"Will you long continue, O my fiery carnation,
     to refuse to look at me?" 
"Are you then the sun,
     that you should wish me to turn towards you?" 
"And if, weary of your cruelty, I were to scale 
     the wall of your dwelling, in order to strangle you?" 
"I would let you kiss my perfumed neck, 
     so as to hear you moaning with love."

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Soudjoud", written 1929?, appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 83, Paris, Éd. Piazza
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 64