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Tobie

Oratorio by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Le retour de Tobie
 (Sung text for setting by C. Gounod)
 Matches base text

Language: French (Français) 
Pressez-moi bien entre vos bras
O moment plein de charmes
Je vois vos yeux mouillés de douces larmes
Allez, ne les retenez pas
O moment plein de charmes
Je vois couler vos larmes,
Ne les retenez pas!

Aimez, aimez ainsi que moi ce compagnon fidèle
Dont la bonté, dont le saint zèle
Ont servi de soutien à mon pas chancelant!
Par lui se sont passés le chagrins de l'absence,
Par lui, par lui les dangers, la souffrance
Mère ont épargné votre enfant
Les dangers, la souffrance ont épargné votre enfant.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hippolyte Lefevre  [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):

Set by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), CG 31a (1865) [ medium voice and piano ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 90
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