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3 élégies à 2 voix

by Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898)

2. Plainte  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Ô monde ! ô vie ! Ô temps !
Fantômes, ombres vaines,
Qui lassez à la fin mes pas irrésolus,
Quand reviendront ces jours,
Où vos mains étaient pleines,
Vos regards caressants,
Vos promesses certaines ?
Jamais, ô jamais plus !
Ô jamais plus !

L'éclat du jour s'éteint
Aux pleurs où je me noie ;
Les charmes de la nuit
Passent inaperçus,
Nuit, jour, printemps, hiver,
Est-il rien que je voie ?
Mon cœur peut battre encor
De peine, mais de joie,
Jamais ô jamais plus !
Ô jamais plus !

Text Authorship:

  • by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885), "Plainte", appears in Poésies nouvelles par Mme Amable Tastu, Paris, Denain et Delamare, first published 1835

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Lament", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 82
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