I dare not | I dare not; just look at my tears

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by ? Dufrene

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Je n'ose pas

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je n'ose pas, regardez donc mes larmes,
Mon front baissé, mon craintif embarras,
Donner un nom à ces tendres alarmes.

L'oiseau fait-il entendre
Sa douce voix s'il tremble dans les lacs ?
Mais votre cœur, ami, doit me comprendre.

Je n'ose pas vous avouer que j'aime ;
A ce penser mon cœur frémit tout bas ;
Mais en secret je le dis à moi-même.

Text Authorship:

by ? Dufrene [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 Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Je n'ose pas" [voice and piano] [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "I dare not", copyright © 2012

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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-28
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Word count: 61

I dare not

Language: English after the French (Français)

I dare not; just look at my tears,
my bowed head, my timid embarrassment
to give a name to these tender anxieties.

Does the bird allow his sweet voice to be heard 
when he trembles in a snare?
But your heart, my friend, should understand me.

I dare not confess to you that I love;
At that thought my heart gives a deep shudder;
but in secret I tell it to myself.

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