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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)
Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Adieu tout
 (Sung text for setting by P. Duchambge)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
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Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
Je ne peux plus vous retenir.

Que voulez-vous ? Est-ce ma vie ?
Ma vie, hélas ! n'est plus à moi ;
Il faut me rendre avec ma foi,
Jusqu'à mes pleurs qu'on vous envie.

Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
Je ne peux plus vous retenir.

Fuyez l'amant qui me fut tendre,
Il ne veut pas vous recevoir ;
Et si vous voulez me revoir,
Allez au ciel, allez m'attendre.

Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
Je ne peux plus vous retenir.

Là, quand vous me verrez paraître
Si Dieu le veut, volez vers moi.
Au Ciel, pour l'aimer sans effroi,
Quel bonheur de se reconnaître !

Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
Je ne veux plus vous retenir.

Composition:

    Set to music by Pauline Duchambge (1776 - 1858), "Adieu tout" [ voice and piano ]
        Score: Société des études Marceline Desbordes-Valmore [external link]

Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Adieu tout"

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

  • ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Farewell to all of it", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Laura Stanfield Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 118

Farewell to all of it
 (Sung text translation for setting by P. Duchambge)
 See original
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
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Quit my heart, sweet memory;
I can hardly remember you.

What do you want? Is it my life?
My life, alas, is longer my own;
you must give to me back, with my faith,
right down to my tears that prove how much you are desired.

Quit my heart, sweet memory;
I can hardly remember you.

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Quit my heart, sweet memory;
I can hardly remember you.

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Quit my heart, sweet memory;
I can hardly remember you.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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  • a text in French (Français) by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Adieu tout"
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 77

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