by Augustine-Malvina Souville Blanchecotte (1830 - 1878)
Sunt lacrimae rerum See original
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Ô mon divin amour, fleur belle entre les belles,
Rêve demeuré rêve, ô secret sans aveux,
Reste comme un bouquet de jeunes immortelles,
Reste sur mon sein douloureux !
...
Sois ma fleur du désert au matin respirée !
Dans mes brûlants sentiers sois l'ombre et la fraicheur ;
En mon fatal exil sois ma fête ignorée,
Ô relique de mon bonheur !
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Sunt lacrimae rerum", op. 14 no. 6 (1872), stanzas 1,3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Augustine-Malvina Souville Blanchecotte (1830 - 1878), "Le souvenir "
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "They Cry: Lament", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-09-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 145