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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Il faut, voyez‑vous, nous pardonner les...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il faut, voyez-vous, nous pardonner les choses :
De cette façon nous serons bien heureuses
Et si notre vie a des instants moroses,
Du moins nous serons, n'est-ce pas, deux pleureuses,

O que nous mêlions, âmes soeurs que nous sommes,
A nos voeux confus la douceur puérile
De cheminer loin des femmes et des hommes,
Dans le frais oubli de ce qui nous exile !

Soyons deux enfants, soyons deux jeunes filles
Eprises de rien et de tout étonnées
Qui s'en vont pâlir sous les chastes charmilles
Sans même savoir qu'elles sont pardonnées.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 4 [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 Nicolas Bacri (b. 1961), "Chanson triste", op. 149 no. 2 (2018-2019), published 2019, first performed 2020 [ vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ], from De la douceur, deux chansons pour soprano, mezzo-soprano et piano, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Il faut, voyez-vous, nous pardonner", op. 53 no. 4 (1994), published 2005 [ voice and piano ], from Six Ariettes Oubliées nach Texten von Paul Verlaine, no. 4, Goldbach [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Stefan George) , no title, appears in Zeitgenössische Dichter, in Frankreich, in Paul Verlaine, in Aus: Lieder ohne Worte, in Vergessene Weisen, no. 4


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 91

Wir müssen ‑‑ siehst du ‑‑ uns...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Wir müssen -- siehst du -- uns versöhnlich einen:
So können wir noch beide glücklich werden ·
Und trifft auch manches trübe uns auf erden:
Sind wir doch immer -- nicht wahr? zwei die weinen.

Vermischen wir mit unsren wirren drängen ·
Verschwistert herz · das kindische belieben
Uns fern zu halten von der menschen gängen
Und frisch vergessen was uns weggetrieben.

Wir wollen kindern · jungen mädchen gleichen ·
Den herzen die um nichts verwundert pochen ·
Die unter keuschem blätterdache bleichen
Und wissen sich nicht einmal losgesprochen.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Zeitgenössische Dichter, in Frankreich, in Paul Verlaine, in Aus: Lieder ohne Worte, in Vergessene Weisen, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 4
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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):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 86

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