by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation Singable translation by Jacques Ahrem
Mon désir
Language: French (Français)
Ô céleste haine, Comment t'assouvir ? Ô souffrance humaine, Qui te peut guérir ? Si lourde est ma peine, J'en voudrais mourir, Tel est mon désir, Mon désir. Navré de comprendre, Las de compatir. Pour ne plus entendre, Ni voir, ni sentir, Je suis prêt a rendre Mon dernier soupir, Et c'est mon désir, Mon désir. Ne plus rien connaître, Ne me souvenir, Ne jamais renaître, Ne me rendormir. Ne plus jamais être, Mais en bien finir, Voilà mon désir., Mon désir.
Note: Nevin's score has a typo in stanza 2 line 2. It was "Las de computir" but we have corrected it.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Mon désir", op. 28 no. 3, published 1899, from Songs from Vineacre, no. 3, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Jacques Ahrem ; composed by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin.
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-09-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 80
My desire
Language: English after the French (Français)
O celestial sorrow, Wilt thou never cease? Shall to suff'ring mortals Never come sweet peace? But if pain's my portion, Of pain let me die, Such is my desire, My desire. Tired am I of knowing, Sympathy is dead. I'd speak not nor listen, Neither hope nor dread, Mocking like an echo Comes e'en my last sigh, Then, oh, let me die, 'Tis my desire. In a sleep unbroken Ever would I rest. Never to awaken In Earth's dreamless breast. This the end, a blest one, To it I aspire; Give me my desire, My desire.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Jacques Ahrem [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "My desire", op. 28 no. 3, published c1899, from Songs from Vineacre, no. 3, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-09-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 96