C'est de la côte d'Adam
Language: French (Français)
C'est de la côte d'Adam
Qu'on a retiré Eve ;
Mais quand sa vie s'achève,
Où va-t-elle, mourant ?
Adam serait-il son tombeau ?
Faut-il lorsqu'elle se lasse,
Lui ménager une place
Dans un homme bien clos ?
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "C'est de la côte d'Adam ", published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "C'est de la côte d'Adam", op. 65 (Neuf mélodies) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Laura Trinidad (b. 1957), "Printemps", published 2004 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vocales 2000, hommage à Nicola Vaccaj, no. 25, Éd. LV productions [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 34
It is from Adam's rib
Language: English after the French (Français)
It is from Adam's rib
that Eve was extracted;
But when her life is over,
when she is dying, where does she go?
Will Adam be her tomb?
Will it be necessary when she tires
to arrange a place for her
inside a tightly sealed man?
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Translations of titles:
"C'est de la côte d'Adam " = "It is from Adam's rib"
"Printemps" = "Spring"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2025 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 46
