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by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947), as Melle Vacaresco

Regrets
Language: French (Français) 
L'espérance chante j'écoute,
son chant ne peut me ranimer.
Qu'import où me conduit ma route
puisque je ne dois pas t'aimer

Quand tout l'or soyeux des étoiles 
dans mon cœur viendrait s'abimer.
Mon cœur conserverait ses voiles
puisque je ne dois pas t'aimer.

Quand tout le printemps ferait fête
A mon âme pour la charmer,
mon âme resterait muette
puisque je ne dois pas t'aimer.

L'amour est hélas! une flamme 
qui ne doit pas me consumer
Ferme tes yeux pleins de mon âme 
puisque je ne dois pas t'aimer.

Text Authorship:

  • by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947), as Melle Vacaresco [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 Édouard Nordi (flourished c1907), "Regrets", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies pour chant avec piano, no. 1, Brüssel, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

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