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

J'ai vu
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Language: French (Français) 
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34. J'ai vu sous le soleil tomber bien d'autres choses
Que les feuilles des bois et l'écume des eaux,
Bien d'autres s'en aller que le parfum des roses
Et le chant des oiseaux.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 34 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 34 of the original text.

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

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