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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

N'est‑ce pas ?
 (Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)
 See base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
 ... 

N'est-ce pas? nous irons gais et lents, dans la voie
Modeste que nous montre en souriant l'Espoir,
Peu soucieux qu'on nous ignore ou qu'on nous voie.

Isolés dans l'amour ainsi qu'en un bois noir,
Nos deux coeurs, exhalant leur tendresse paisible,
Seront deux rossignols qui chantent dans le soir.

 ... 

Sans nous préoccuper de ce que nous destine
Le Sort, nous marcherons pourtant du même pas,
Et la main dans la main, avec l'âme enfantine.

De ceux qui s'aiment sans mélange, n'est-ce pas?

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "N'est-ce pas ?", op. 61 no. 8, published 1892-3, stanzas 2,3,6,7 [ voice and piano ], from La bonne chanson, no. 8, Paris, Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 17, first published 1870

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 156

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