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Ne m'appelle pas, je t'en prie, Ta rose, car, si j'étais fleur, Je serais bien vite flétrie. Sans grâce, parfum ni couleur, Ne m'appelle pas davantage Ta colombe, car les oiseaux Ayant les ailes en partage, Volent, de rameaux, en rameaux. Moi je veux être toujours belle, Ami, pour te plaire toujours. Je veux surtout rester fidèle, Au premier nid de nos amours.
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- by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915), "Romance magyare", written 1871, appears in Glas et Carillons, Poésies, in 2. Poésies diverses, Paris, Éd. Hachette & Lemerre, first published 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 Arthur Coquard (1846 - 1910), "Chanson magyare", op. 18 (4 Mélodies, poésie de Paul Collin) no. 2, published 1910 [medium voice and piano], Paris, Éd. A. Durand & Fils [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Romance magyare" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Hungarian romance", copyright © 2012
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
If you please, do not call me your rose, because, if I were a flower, I would shortly fade, without grace, fragrance, or colour. Moreover, do not call me your dove, because birds, having wings to open, fly from branch to branch. I want always to be beautiful, my love, to please you always. I want above all to stay faithful, in the first nest of our loves.
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915), "Romance magyare", written 1871, appears in Glas et Carillons, Poésies, in 2. Poésies diverses, Paris, Éd. Hachette & Lemerre, first published 1874
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 68