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by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935)

Ce monde meilleur et tout autre
Language: French (Français) 
Ce monde meilleur et tout autre, 
Le Paradis, je n'en veux pas. 
Tout mon souvenir tient au nôtre, 
Toute ma vie est ici-bas. 

La belle enfant que j'ai choisie, 
Ses cheveux, sa bouche et ses yeux, 
Sa jeunesse et sa poésie, 
Je ne les aurai pas aux cieux. 

Si la chair n'est pas immortelle, 
Si les formes doivent périr, 
Je ne reconnaitrai plus celle 
Qui m'a fait aimer et souffrir.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Pensées d'Automne", written 1875, appears in La vie inquiète, in 1. Au bord de la mer, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Ce monde meilleur", op. 75 no. 7, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons de Mer, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

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