by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
I loved my friend
Language: English
I loved my friend. He went away from me. There's nothing more to say. The poem ends, Soft as it began, -- I loved my friend.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Poem (to F.S.)", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926 [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 Ray Green (b. 1908), "I loved my friend", published 1982 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sam Raphling (b. 1910), "Poem (To F.S.)", published 1971 [ voice and piano ], from Shadows in the Sun: Eleven Poems by Langston Hughes, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Marianne Pierson-Piérard (1907 - 1981) , copyright © ; composed by Marcel Poot.
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