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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Ô ma vie !/ Sans envie
Language: French (Français) 
Ô ma vie !
Sans envie
J'ai vu le palais du Roi ;
Ma chaumière
M'est plus chère,
Quand j'y suis seule avec toi.
Au village,
Le jeune âge
N'est heureux que par l'amour ;
Fuis la ville ;
Trop facile
Tu m'oublierais à la cour.

D'une Reine
Souveraine
L'empire à t'il plus d'appas ?
Ton image,
C'est l'image
Qui devance ou suit mes pas.
L'heure sonne,
Je frissonne,
Voici l'instant du retour.
Moins sévère,
Dors, ma mère,
Et laisse veiller l'amour !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Michotte 

E. Michotte sets stanzas 1-3, 5

About the headline (FAQ)

First published under the title "L'amante inquiète" in 1816 in Le Chansonnier des Grâces, under the title "À toi" in 1819, under the title "Reviens vite" in 1820, and then under the title "Dors ma mère" in 1830.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), title 1: "Reviens vite", title 2: "L'amante inquiète", title 3: "Dors, ma mère", title 4: "À toi", written 1816, first published 1816 [author's text not yet checked 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 Joseph Grégoir (1817 - 1876), "Dors ma mère", published 1840, Paris, Lemoine et Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antoine Joseph Lechallier , "L'Amante inquiète", published c1820, Paris, J. Frey [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Caroline Martainville (1788 - 1832), "Dors ma mère", subtitle: "Chansonnette", published 1821 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Éd. Meissonnier, in Le souvenir des ménestrels, 8e année, pages 118-120 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "Dors, ma mère", published [1864], stanzas 1-3,5 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt-cinq morceaux de chant à une et à plusieurs voix avec accompagnement de piano, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Flaxland [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-08-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 77

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