Vous n’aimez pas qui vous aime Ni qui vous saurait aimer Et ne donnez de vous-même Que ce que voulez donner. Moi, qui vous cherche et vous aime D’un coeur tendre et sans danger, Je ne vous suis qu’étranger. Mais, hélas ! L’étrange peine Que celle qui fait aimer Sans souci que l’on vous aime !
Trois mélodies
by Pierre Segond (1913 - 2000)
1. Madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by François Carcopino-Tusoli (1886 - 1958), as Francis Carco, "Madrigal", written 1916, appears in Petits airs, Paris, Ronald Davis, first published 1920
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