by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Souvenir
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
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« À cette heure en ce lieu,
Un jour, je fus aimé, j'aimais, elle était belle. »
J'enfouis ce trésor dans mon âme immortelle,
Et je l'emporte à Dieu !

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 45 of the original text.

First published in La revue des deux mondes, February 15, 1841.

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  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Remembrance", copyright © 2012


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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 45 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of the setting by M. de Rothschild.

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  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust

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