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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Le premier amour
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Vous souvient-il de cette jeune amie,
Au regard tendre, au maintien sage et doux ?
À peine, hélas ! Au printemps de sa vie,
Son cœur sentit qu'il était fait pour vous.

Point de serment, point de vaine promesse :
Si jeune encore, on ne les connaît pas ;
Son âme pure aimait avec ivresse
Et se livrait sans honte et sans combats.

Elle a perdu son idole chérie :
Bonheur si doux a duré moins qu'un jour !
Elle n'est plus au printemps de sa vie,
Elle est encore à son premier amour.

Appeared in Le Chansonnier des Grâces, 1815.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Le premier amour", written 1815, first published 1815 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Le premier amour", 1926, published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Deux Romances, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841), "Le premier Amour", published 1819, Paris, Chez Lélu et F. Louis [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alphonse Fontvanne , "Le premier Amour", published 1819, Paris, Momigny [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean-Marie Hamonic (1898 - 1966), "Le Premier Amour", published 1963 [ medium voice and piano or harp ], from Sept Mélodies, no. 5, Toulouse, Centre d’art national français [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "First Love", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-02-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 88

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