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by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834)

Ils ne sont plus ces jours que ma...
Language: French (Français) 
Ils ne sont plus ces jours que ma constance
Jusqu'au trépas devait faire envier ;
D'un bien perdu n'ai plus que souvenance,
Ferait bien mieux, hélas ! de l'oublier.

Au temps passé malgré moi si je pense,
De pleurs d'amour sens mes yeux se mouiller ;
Oh ! c'est malheur d'en garder souvenance,
Et c'est malheur, hélas ! de l'oublier.

Doux souvenir, tiens-moi lieu d'espérance,
Et mon bonheur n'a pas fui tout entier.
[Sais bien qu'on meurt d'en garder souvenance ;
Mais comment vivre, hélas !]1 et l'oublier ?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Jaëll 

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Confirmed with Chants et chansons populaires de la France: Chants guerriers et patriotiques, Paris, Garnier Frères, 1854. Below the title: "Air: Viens, tendre Amour, etc."

1 Jaëll: "Hélas !"

Text Authorship:

  • by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834), "Le Souvenir" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Marie Jaëll (1846 - 1925), "Souvenir" [ voice and piano ], from Recueil de Chansons, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sophie-Marguerite Merken (1776 - 1821), "Le Souvenir", op. 1 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Six Romances pour Voix et Piano, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 83

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