Because your voice was at my side

Because your voice was at my side 
 I gave him pain, 
Because within my hand I held 
  Your hand again. 

There is no word nor any sign 
 Can make amend 
He is a stranger to me now 
 Who was my friend.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 17, published 1907

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by David Arditti (1964-) , no title, op. 20 no. 11 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 11.
by Jacob Avshalomov (1919-) , "Because your voice", published 1957. [SATB a cappella]
by Gary Bachlund , "Pain", 1991, published 1996 [high or medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. 5.
by Brian Boydell (1917-2000) , "Because your voice was at my side", 1948. [high voice and piano --- or high voice, oboe, and string trio]
by Robert M. Lombardo (1932-) , "Because your voice was at my side", 1960 [madrigal: soprano, two alto soli unaccompanied -- or SSA a cappella], from Three Madrigals, no. ?
by Robert M. Lombardo (1932-) , "Because your voice was at my side" [SATB chorus and clarinet], from Two Lyric Poems, no. ?
by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892-1959) , "Because your voice was at my side", published 1960 [medium voice and piano], from Chamber music, no. 5.
by Nick Peros , "Because your voice was at my side"

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Parce que ta voix était à mon côté

Parce que ta voix était à mon côté
Je lui ai fait de la peine,
Parce que dans ma main je tenais
À nouveau ta main.

Il n'y a aucun mot ni aucun geste
Qui puisse corriger
Qu'il est un étranger pour moi maintenant
Lui qui fut mon ami.

Translation from English to French copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille (guylaffaille (AT) yahoo (DOT) fr), (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in English by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 17, published 1907

Date added to the website: 2009-11-06.