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by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869)

Le livre de la vie
 (Sung text for setting by F. de la Tombelle)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Le livre de la vie est le livre suprême
Qu'on ne peut ni fermer, ni rouvrir à son choix ;
Le passage attachant ne s'y lit pas deux fois,
 ... 
On voudrait revenir à la page où l'on aime,
Mais le feuillet fatal se tourne de lui-même;
Et la page où l'on meurt est déjà sous nos doigts.

Composition:

    Set to music by Fernand de la Tombelle (1854 - 1928), "Le livre de la vie", lines 1-3,5,4,6 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Vers improvisés sur un album", written 1832

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 58

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