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Triste exilé, qu’il te souvienne Combien l’avenir était beau, Quand sa main tremblait dans la tienne Comme un oiseau, Et combien ton âme était pleine D’une bonne et douce chaleur, Quand tu respirais son haleine Comme une fleur ! Mais elle est loin, la chère idole, Et tout s’assombrit de nouveau ; Tu sais qu’un souvenir s’envole Comme un oiseau ; Déjà l’aile du doute plane Sur ton âme où naît la douleur ; Et tu sais qu’un amour se fane Comme une fleur.
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Text Authorship:
- by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Chanson d'exil", written 1877, appears in Les Récits et les Élégies, in Élégies, in 2. L'Exilée, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1877 [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 Édouard Cazaneuve (d. 1903), "Chanson d'exil", subtitle: "Mélodie", published [1879] [ high voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 5, Paris, Éd. H. Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul-Charles-Marie Curet (1848 - 1917), as Paul Charles Marie Puget, "En pensant à la bien-aimée" [ high voice and piano ], from Poème de l'absence, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Vve. E. Girod [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabrielle Ferrari (1851 - 1921), "Chanson d'exil", op. 72 (1886) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. Fiorelli (1882 - 1956), "Chanson d'exil", <<1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 1, Éd. E. Leduc, P. Bertrand et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Chanson d'exil", published [1889] [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 4, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Władysław Edward Kronenberg (1848 - 1892), as Ladislas Wieniec, "Chanson d'Exil", op. 37 (<<1877) [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Gérard & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 80
Remember, sad exiled one, how beautiful the future used to be. when its hand trembled in your hand like a bird, and how your soul was full of a good and gentle warmth, when you inhaled its breath like a flower! But now the cherished idol is distant, and everything grows dark again; you know that a memory flies away like a bird; already the wing of doubt hovers over your soul where pain is being born; and you know that a love fades like a flower.
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Translation of title "Chanson d'exil" = "Song of Exile"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Chanson d'exil", written 1877, appears in Les Récits et les Élégies, in Élégies, in 2. L'Exilée, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1877
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 87