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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Je me meurs, je succombe au destin qui...
Language: French (Français) 
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Je me meurs, je succombe au destin qui m'accable.
De ce dernier moment veux-tu charmer l'horreur ?
Viens encore une fois presser ta main coupable
    Sur mon cœur.

Quand il aura cessé de brûler et d'attendre,
Tu ne sentiras pas de remords superflus ;
Mais tu diras : "Ce cœur, qui pour moi fut si tendre,
    N'aime plus."

Vois l'Amour qui s'ensuit de mon âme blessée,
Contemple ton ouvrage et ne sens nul effroi :
La mort est dans mon sein, pourtant je suis glacée
    Moins que toi.

Prends ce cœur, prends ton bien ! L'amante qui t'adore
N'eut jamais à t'offrir, hélas ! un autre don ;
Mais en le déchirant, tu peux y lire encore
    Ton pardon.

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Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, ed. by Marc Bertrand, Grenoble : Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Le Pardon", written 1822, appears in En Marge (Élégies & Poésies Nouvelles) [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 Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), "Le Pardon" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by ? Monier-Séguenot , "Le Dernier adieu", 1820 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michel Augustin Quinebaux (1773 - c1844), "Le dernier adieu", published 1816, Paris : Au magasin de musique de madame Bénoist [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emiliano Renaud (1875 - 1932), "Le Pardon", 1931, published 2009 [ contralto and piano ], from Six Romances pour Madame Sigrid Onegin, contralto superbe, no. 2, Québec, Éd. du Nouveau Théâtre Musical [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2026-07-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

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