Nous nous sommes aimés trois jours ;

Nous nous sommes aimés trois jours ;
Trois jours elle me fut fidèle.
- Trois jours! - La constance éternelle 
Et les éternelles amours !

Jamais ! jamais ! me disait-elle ;
Moi je disais : toujours ! toujours !
- Toujours ! - La constance éternelle
Et les éternelles amours!

Depuis ce temps, de l'hirondelle
Trois fois j'ai compté les retours.
- Nous nous sommes aimés trois jours :
Trois jours elle me fut fidèle.

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• by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Les Amours, in Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 17 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Adieu (Complainte)", op. 14 no. 8 [voice and piano], from Poème d'avril, no. 8, note: the first stanza is spoken, also set in German (Deutsch).
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• ENG English (Peter Low) , title unknown, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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We were lovers for three days

We were lovers for three days.
For three days she was faithful.
Three days: that's eternal constancy,
eternal love!

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• a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Les Amours, in Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 17
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