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by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)

Sylvie
Language: French (Français) 
Que de rêves charmants emportés sans retour!
Que de fragiles chaînes!
Que de promesses vaines,
Que de serments trompeurs d'un éternel amour
Oubliés ou trahis, avant la fin du jour!
Lui seul, ingrate Sylvie,
En te donnant son âme, en te donnant sa vie,
Lui seul, ingrate Sylvie,
Lui seul, hélas! ne mentait pas!

J'accueillais ses aveux d'un sourire vainqueur,
Je riais de sa flamme, 
Je torturais son âme,
Et malgré mes dédains et mon refus moqueur
L'amour qu'il me jurait vit encor dans son coeur!
Lui seul, ingrate Sylvie,
En te donnant son âme,
En te donnant sa vie,
Lui seul, ingrate Sylvie,
Lui seul, hélas! ne mentait pas!

Text Authorship:

  • by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Sylvie", CG 6e (1860) [ voice and piano ], from opera La Colombe [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 19
Word count: 110

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