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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Inhumaines qui, sans merci
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Les jeunes gens
 Inhumaines qui, sans merci,
 Vous raillez de notre souci,
 Aimez ! Aimez quand on vous aime !

Les jeunes filles
 -- Ingrats qui ne vous doutez pas
 Des rêves éclos sur vos pas,
 Aimez ! Aimez quand on vous aime !

Les jeunes gens
 -- Sachez, ô cruelles Beautés,
 Que les jours d'aimer sont comptés.
 Aimez ! aimez quand on vous aime !

Les jeunes filles
 -- Sachez, amoureux inconstants,
 Que le bien d'aimer n'a qu'un temps.
 Aimez ! aimez quand on vous aime !

Ensemble
 [Le]1 même destin nous poursuit
 Et notre folie est la même :
 C'est celle d'aimer qui nous fuit.
 C'est celle de fuir qui nous aime !

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•   G. Fauré 

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Confirmed with Poésies de Armand Silvestre, 1872-1878. La Chanson des Heures, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, pages 174-175.

1 Fauré: "Un"

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Pour un chœur alterné", written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 12. Madrigaux dans le goût ancien, no. 2, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878 [author's text checked 1 time 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):

  • by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Madrigal", op. 35 (1883), first performed 1884 [ chorus or vocal quartet with piano or orchestra ], Éditions J. Hamelle (Alphonse Leduc) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Aimez quand on vous aime !", 1898 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Madrigal", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Marianne Zanettin

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-31
Line count: 21
Word count: 90

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