by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869)
Language: French (Français)
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Que me font ces vallons, ces palais, ces chaumières,
Vains objets dont pour moi le charme est envolé ?
Fleuves, rochers, forêts, solitudes si chères,
Un seul être vous manque, et tout est dépeuplé !
Composition:
- Set to music by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "Élégie", 1920, published 1922, stanza 7 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre Petites Mélodies, no. 1, Éd. Max Eschig
Text Authorship:
- by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "L'Isolement"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Samota", Prague, first published 1877
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Word count: 433