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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Je ne te dis rien
Language: French (Français) 
Si je chantais mon amour pour toi
tu pourrais me dire s'il te plaît, tais-toi !
Si je chuchotais mon amour pour toi,
tu me dirais que tu ne m'entends pas.
Si je t’avouais tout mes craintes et mes tabous,
Que dirais tu de moi, que ferais tu de ta proie, pauvre moi.
Si je te disais comme je te trouve belle,
Tu me ferais tenir la chandelle,
Si je te disais combien tu me plais,
Tu me dirais tu ne sais pas compter.
Si je te disais je crois t'aimer,
Tu me demanderais de cesser de m'enflammer,
mais c'est trop tard…
Si je te disais que je ne peux pas vivre sans toi,
Tu me dirais c'est des caprices, que des caprices,
et pourtant…
Si je te disais que je n'ai jamais ressenti ça,
que c'est plus fort que moi,
tu pourrais rire une nouvelle fois de moi,
Alors je ne te dis rien.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Diana Cotoman , "Je ne te dis rien", 2009 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Poèmes, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-10-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 154

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