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Adieu (Complainte)

Set by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Adieu (Complainte)", op. 14 no. 8 [ voice and piano ], from Poème d'avril, no. 8, note: the first stanza is spoken, also set in German (Deutsch) [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.

Translations available : ENG 


Nous nous sommes aimés trois jours ;
Trois jours elle me fut fidèle.
- Trois jours! - La constance éternelle 
Et les éternelles amours !

 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 17

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]



Je pars ! Adieu, ma chère âme,
Garde bien mon souvenir !
-- Quoi ! si tôt partir, madame
Ne devez-vous revenir ?

-- Si -- je reviendrai peut-être ;
Si -- bien sûr je reviendrai ...
Va m'attendre à la fenêtre ;
De plus loin te reverrai.

J'attendis à la fenêtre
Le retour tant espéré,
Mais, ni bien sûr, ni peut-être,
Ni jamais la reverrai!

Bien fol qui croit quand une dame
Lui jure de revenir.
Je meurs ! -- Adieu, ma chère âme !
J'ai gardé ton souvenir.

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Complainte", appears in Rimes neuves et vieilles, in 2. Mignonne, no. 12

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Farewell (Lament)", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]


Author(s): Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
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