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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Mon amour, l'heure est vagabonde
Language: French (Français) 
Mon amour, l'heure est vagabonde
Et rien ne la peut retenir, 
Il nous faut enfermer un monde
Dans notre plus cher souvenir !

Le temps s'enfuit qu'une caresse 
Enlace chacun de ses pas,
Épuisons, ma belle maîtresse,
Un bonheur qui ne revient pas. 

Les roses sont grandes ouvertes. 
Ouvrons tout grands nos cœurs blessés 
Et cachons sous les branches vertes 
Nos fronts l'un sur l'autre pressés. 

Notre peine sera profonde 
Quand ces beaux jours seront finis. 
-- Les oiseaux ont quitté les nids, 
Mon amour, l'heure est vagabonde.

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Confirmed with Poésies de Armand Silvestre 1872-1878. La Chanson des Heures, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, pages 206-207.


Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, written 1878?, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 1. Poème de mai, no. 3, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 Charlotte Devéria, née Thomas (1856 - 1885), "L'heure est vagabonde" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 3ème recueil, no. 18, Éd. "Au Ménestrel", Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pierre Joret , "Mon amour l'heure est vagabonde" [ medium voice and piano ], from Poème de Mai, no. 3, Éd. L. Laloue et Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

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