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Sur cette page blanche où mes vers vont éclore, Qu'un regard quelquefois ramène votre cœur. De votre vie aussi la page est blanche encore; Que ne puis-je y graver un seul mot : Le bonheur !
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Œuvres complètes de Lamartine: Épîtres et poésies diverses. Recuillements poétiques, Tome cinquième. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1860, p. 225
Text Authorship:
- by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Vers sur un album" [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 Giulio Alary (1814 - 1891), "La page blanche" [ high voice and piano ], from 20 Mélodies, Vol. I, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Durand & Schoenewerk [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludovic (or Lodovico) Alberti (1857 - 1939), "Première page" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Ricordi (96220) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Membrée (1820 - 1882), "Le Livre de la Vie" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by George O'Kelly (1831 - 1914), "Sur un Album", published [1891] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. du "Journal des Demoiselles" [sung text not yet checked]
- by François Luc Joseph Thomé (1850 - 1909), as Francis Thomé, "La Page blanche", published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éditions Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914), "Le livre de la vie", subtitle: "Feuillet d'album" [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Quatrième recueil de vingt mélodies, no. 12, Édition Heugel 'Au Ménestrel'
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2013-07-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 34
On this blank page where my verses will blossom, Let a glance occasionally bring back your heart. For your life as well the page is still blank; Thus I cannot engrave a single word on it: Happiness!
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Translator's note for the last two lines: in other words, your future is still unwritten.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2023 by Anyi Sharma, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Vers sur un album"
This text was added to the website: 2023-07-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 37