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by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), as Jules Kapry

1. La Tristesse

Language: French (Français)

Pauvre enfant délaissé que flétrit la douleur
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2. À Deux

Language: French (Français)

Toute peine est légère/ Quand on la porte à deux
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by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), as Jules Kapry

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3. Je t'oublierai

Language: French (Français)

Je t'oublierai, toi dont l'absence Me fait souvent verser des pleurs
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4. Pauvre exilé

Language: French (Français)

Lorsqu'au printemps tout fleurit et bourgeonne
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by Alfred Forest

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5. Message

Language: French (Français)

Envolez-vous, chansons fidèles
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by Évariste Carrance (1840 - 1916)

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6. Je t'aime tant

Language: French (Français)

Je t'aime tant,/ Qu'heureux ou sombre
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by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), as Jules Kapry

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7. La Demoiselle

Language: French (Français)

Légère demoiselle/ Qui diaphane et frêle
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by Albert Dabadie

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8. J'avais tout dit

Language: French (Français)

J'avais tout dit, debout près d'elle
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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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9. Le Nuage

Language: French (Français)

Où vas-tu, quand tout dort, silencieux nuage
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by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), as Jules Kapry

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10. La Source

Language: French (Français)

Moi je sais où se cache une source argentée
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Text Authorship:

by Albert Dabadie , "La Source", appears in Les Échos du rivage, Poésies, Nice, Imprimerie de la Société typographique, first published 1857

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a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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11. Le Pauvre Nègre

Language: French (Français)

Ravi naguère aux côtes de Guinée
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by Charles Hubert Millevoye (1782 - 1816), "Le Pauvre nègre", appears in Élégies

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12. L'Aveu

Language: French (Français)

Quand la brise soupire/ Sur les monts
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by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), as Jules Kapry

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13. Les Pirates [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

Nous emmenions en esclavage
Cent chrétiens, pêcheurs de corail ;
Nous recrutions pour le sérail
Dans tous les moûtiers du rivage.
En mer, les hardis écumeurs !
Nous allions de Fez à Catane...
Dans la galère capitane
Nous étions quatre-vingts rameurs. ¹

On signale un couvent à terre.
Nous jetons l'ancre près du bord.
A nos yeux s'offre tout d'abord
[Une fille du monastère.
Prés des flots, sourde à leurs rumeurs,
Elle dormait sous un platane...
Dans la galère capitane
Nous étions quatre-vingts rameurs.]²

- La belle fille, il faut vous taire,
Il faut nous suivre. Il fait bon vent.
Ce n'est que changer de couvent.
Le harem vaut le monastère.
Sa hautesse aime les primeurs,
Nous vous ferons mahométane...
Dans la galère capitane
Nous étions quatre-vingts rameurs.

Elle veut fuir vers sa chapelle.
- Osez-vous bien, fils de Satan ?
- Nous osons, dit le capitan.
Elle pleure, supplie, appelle.
[Malgré sa plainte et ses clameurs,
On l'emporta dans la tartane...
Dans la galère capitane
Nous étions quatre-vingts rameurs.]²

Plus belle encor dans sa tristesse,
Ses yeux étaient deux talismans.
Elle valait mille tomans ;
On la vendit à sa hautesse.
Elle eut beau dire : Je me meurs !
De nonne elle devint sultane...
Dans la galère capitane
Nous étions quatre-vingts rameurs.

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Chanson de pirates", written 1828, appears in Les Orientales, no. 8

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ENG English (Peter Low) , "Pirate Song", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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¹ Oscar I adds, "Allah!"
² omitted by Paul Puget.

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14. Je t'aimerai

Language: French (Français)

Je t'aimerai, tant que la fleur bénie
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by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), as Jules Kapry

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15. L'Amour mendiant

Subtitle: Sérénade espagnole

Language: French (Français)

À l'amant qui mendie un sourire
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by Georges Izambard (1848 - 1931)

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16. Le Printemps

Language: French (Français)

Le Printemps orne encor la montagne et la plaine
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by Albert Dabadie

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17. Le Sommeil de Minette

Language: French (Français)

Allons, Minette,/ Sur mes genoux
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by Georges Izambard (1848 - 1931)

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18. Ton Regard

Language: French (Français)

Quand le rayon divin de ton regard de flamme
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by Albert Dabadie

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19. Crois‑moi

Language: French (Français)

Tu peux douter, mon adorée
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20. L'Étoile du soir [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

Pâle étoile du soir, messagère lointaine,
Dont le front sort brillant des voiles du couchant,
De ton palais d'azur, au sein du firmament,
    Que regardes-tu dans la plaine ?

La tempête s'éloigne, et les vents sont calmés.
La forêt, qui frémit, pleure sur la bruyère ;
Le phalène doré, dans sa course légère,
    Traverse les prés embaumés.
  Que cherches-tu sur la terre endormie ?
Mais déjà vers les monts je te vois t'abaisser ;
Tu fuis, en souriant, mélancolique amie,
Et ton tremblant regard est près de s'effacer.

Étoile qui descends vers la verte colline,
Triste larme d'argent du manteau de la Nuit,
Toi que regarde au loin le pâtre qui chemine,
Tandis que pas à pas son long troupeau le suit, --
Étoile, où t'en vas-tu, dans cette nuit immense ?
Cherches-tu sur la rive un [lit]¹ dans les roseaux ?
Où t'en vas-tu si belle, à l'heure du silence,
Tomber comme une perle au sein profond des eaux ?
[Ah ! si tu dois mourir, bel astre, et si ta tête
Va dans la vaste mer plonger ses blonds cheveux,
Avant de nous quitter, un seul instant arrête ; -]³
[Étoile de l'amour,]² [ne descends pas des cieux !]³

Text Authorship:

by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), no title, written 1831, appears in Premières poésies, in Le saule, first published 1850

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Confirmed with Alfred de Musset, Premières Poésies (1829-1835), Paris, Charpentier, 1863, pages 176-202, an excerpt from the end of the second part following a line of dots.

¹ Hahn: "nid"
² Hahn: "Étoile, écoute-moi!"; omitted by Choudens
³ omitted by Choudens.

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21. L'Adieu de la jouvencelle

Language: French (Français)

Il faut partir; l'amour en vain murmure
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by Charles Hubert Millevoye (1782 - 1816), "Le Refrain du vieux temps, ou L'Adieu de la jouvencelle"

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22. L'Enfant et l'oiseau

Language: French (Français)

Petit oiseau, viens avec moi
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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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23. Le Coursier

Language: French (Français)

Au galop, mon coursier, mon beau cheval de race
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by Albert Dabadie , "Le Coursier", written 1857?, appears in Les Échos du rivage, Poésies, Nice, Imprimerie de la Société typographique, first published 1857

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24. Jours perdus [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

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    Ah ! si du moins dans nos années
    Les jours perdus ne comptaient pas !
    Si les jalouses destinées
    Les oubliaient sous leur compas !
    Mais, hélas ! la mousse ou la lie
    Du calice étroit de la vie
    Comble également les contours !
    Quand il est tari, l’homme expire ;
    Les pleurs comptent pour le sourire,
    Les nuits d’exil pour de beaux jours.

Text Authorship:

by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Le Retour", appears in Harmonies poétiques et religieuses

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Confirmed with Alphonse de Lamartine, Œuvres complètes de Lamartine, Chez l’auteur (p. 507-512).

Notes in this edition:
Stanza 3, line 1, last word ("Laisse"): Nom d’un torrent de Savoie.
Stanza 14, line 6, fourth word ("Nivolay"): Montagne de Savoie.

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25. Invocation

Language: French (Français)

Étoile radieuse/ Qui te penches sur nous
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by Nicolas Camille Flammarion (1842 - 1925), "Étoile radieuse", appears in Les Merveilles célestes, lectures du soir, Paris, Éd. Hachette, first published 1881

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