Songs

J’ai frappé

by Nadia Boulanger

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'J'ai frappé'


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J’ai frappé
French source: Jean-François Bourguignon

Ma main a frappé les portes closes
Et d’autres mains au loin ont répondu.
Mon front a frappé les portes closes
Et d’autres fronts au loin ont répondu.
Mon cœur a frappé les portes closes
Mais l’écho de mon cœur seul a répondu.

My hand has struck
English translation © Anon.

My hand has struck closed doors
And other hands have replied from afar.
My brow has struck closed doors
And other brows have replied from afar.
My heart has struck closed doors
But only my heart’s echo replied.

J’ai frappé
French source: Jean-François Bourguignon

My hand has struck
English source: Anon.

Ma main a frappé les portes closes
My hand has struck closed doors
Et d’autres mains au loin ont répondu.
And other hands have replied from afar.
Mon front a frappé les portes closes
My brow has struck closed doors
Et d’autres fronts au loin ont répondu.
And other brows have replied from afar.
Mon cœur a frappé les portes closes
My heart has struck closed doors
Mais l’écho de mon cœur seul a répondu.
But only my heart’s echo replied.

Composer

Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger and her immensely gifted younger sister Lili came from a family of musicians. Boulanger joined the Paris Conservatoire aged ten, studying harmony and composition, alongside private organ lessons. Gabriel Fauré, who taught her…

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