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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Adieu, douce pensée
Language: French (Français) 
Adieu, douce pensée,
Image du plaisir !
Mon âme est trop blessée,
Tu ne peux la guérir.
L'espérance légère
  De mon bonheur
Fut douce et passagère,
  Comme ta fleur.

Rien ne me fait envie,
Je ne veux plus te voir.
Je n'aime plus la vie,
Qu'ai-je besoin d'espoir ?
En ce moment d'alarme
  Pourquoi t'offrir ?
Il ne faut qu'une larme
  Pour te flétrir.

Par toi, ce que j'adore
Avait [surpris]1 mon cœur ;
Par toi, veut-il encore
Égarer ma candeur ?
Son ivresse est passée ;
  Mais, en retour,
Qu'est-ce qu'une pensée
  Pour tant d'amour ?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Giuliani 

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Note: in Le Chansonnier des Grâces (1818) the poem appeared under the heading "La Pensée, nouvelle tyrolienne, avec musique de Meissonnier"; and in Poésies (1830), the poem was titled "La Fleur renvoyée".

1 Giuliani: "séduit"

Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), title 1: "La Fleur renvoyée", title 2: "La Pensée", written 1818?, appears in Poésies de 1830, first published 1818 [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 Castellaci (1797 - 1845), "La Fleur renvoyée", published 1825?, Paris, Hanry [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pierre-Jean Garat (1764 - 1823), "La Pensée", published c1813, Paris, Melles Erard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michel Giuliani (1801 - 1867), "La Fleur renvoyée", published 1852 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], from Album de dix Mélodies romances et duos par M. Giuliani, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Brandus & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Maria Felicia Garcia Malibran (1808 - 1836), "La Pensée", subtitle: "Tyrolienne", published 1834 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Éd. Pacini [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antoine Meissonnier (1783 - 1857), "La Pensée, nouvelle tyrolienne", published 1818 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "La Pensée", published 1857, Paris, Ledentu [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Potharst (d. 1888), "La fleur renvoyée" [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Romances de Madame Desbordes Valmore, no. 2, Amsterdam, J. A. Roumen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Rouzé (flourished c1827), "La Fleur renvoyée", published 1831, Paris, Meissonnier [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 91

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