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by Adèle Mittendorff

On dit !
Language: French (Français) 
On dit que tout se fane et tombe
Et que l'amour
De sa blanche aile de colombe
Fuit en un jour !

On dit que la plus belle chose
Ne dure pas
Et meurt ainsi que meurt la rose
Bien vite, hélas !

On dit que tout est éphémère
Comme les fleurs ;
Que rien n'est vrai sur notre sphère
Que les douleurs !

On dit que l'homm' est très volage,
Et que toujours
Il faut craindre son doux langage
Et ses discours !

Moi, dans ce monde de mensonges
Pourtant j'ai foi,
Je veux toujours garder mes songes
Et croire en toi !

Text Authorship:

  • by Adèle Mittendorff  [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "On dit !", 1906 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 98

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