by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930)
Toujours
Language: French (Français)
Vous me demandez de me taire, De fuir loin de vous pour jamais, Et de m'en aller, solitaire, Sans me rappeler qui j'aimais! Demandez plutôt aux étoiles De tomber dans l'immensité, À la nuit de perdre ses voiles, Au jour de perdre sa clarté, Demandez à la mer immense De dessécher ses vastes flots, Et, quand les vents sont en démence, D'apaiser ses sombres sanglots! Mais n'espérez pas que mon âme S'arrache à ses âpres douleurs Et se dépouille de sa flamme Comme le printemps de ses fleurs!
Authorship:
- by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930), written 1874 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Toujours", op. 21 no. 2 (1878), published 1880, first performed 1881 [ high voice and piano ], from Poëme d'un jour, no. 2, Éd. Durand & Fils [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sempre", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Always", copyright ©
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Always", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Ewig", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "Siempre", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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