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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Sois libre, je t’oublie
Language: French (Français) 
Sois libre, je t’oublie ;
Ne me plains pas toujours !
De ma mélancolie
Je détache tes jours.
L’amour charme, il entraîne ;
Mais il faut aimer deux ;
Qu’une autre te l’apprenne :
Sois libre, sois heureux !

Changer est donc possible !
Oui, je change à mon tour.
De me rendre insensible
J’ai tant prié l’amour !
Il défait son ouvrage ;
Cet effort fut affreux…
Ah ! pour tant de courage,
Sois libre, sois heureux !

Si ton nom, dont la gloire
Me parla tant de fois,
Rapporte à ma mémoire
Et tes traits et ta voix,
Il aura mon sourire,
Peut-être douloureux ;
Qu’importe !… il voudra dire :
Sois libre, sois heureux !

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Confirmed with Les pleurs ; poésies nouvelles par Madame Desbordes Valmore, 2me édition. Paris, 1834.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Ne me plains pas !", appears in Les Pleurs [formerly Le Mémorial de la Scarpe], no. 20, first published 1833 [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 Joseph Ghys (1801 - 1848), "Sois libre, je t'oublie !", published 1839 [ high voice and piano ], in Le Ménestrel, journal de musique, July 14, 1839, no. 293 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nicolas Louis (1807 - 1857) and by Matteo Carcassi (1792 - 1853), "Sois libre, sois heureux", published c1840 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and guitar ], Paris, Éd. Delahante, successeur de Mlles Erard; melody by Louis and guitar part by Carcassi [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Andreas Spaeth (1790 - 1876), "Ne me plains pas !" [ voice and piano ], from Vier französische Romanzen, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Daniel Anton (1801 - 1853) ; composed by Andreas Spaeth.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-10
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Word count: 104

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