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by Jean Bertaut (1552 - 1611)

Au bord d'une fontaine
 (Sung text for setting by F. Kunzen)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
  Au bord d'une Fontaine 
  Tircis brûlant d'amour,
  Contoit ainsi sa peine 
  Aux Échos d'alentour :
  Félicité passée, 
  Qui ne peux revenir,
  Tourment de ma pensée ! 
  Félicité passée,
Que n'ai-je en te perdant, perdu le souvenir !

 ... 

  Beaux jours dignes d'envie 
  Je ne vous verrai plus ! 
  Au Printems de ma vie 
  Vous êtes disparus. 
  Félicité passée ! 
  Qui ne peux revenir ;
  Tourment de ma pensée !
  Félicité passée,
Que n'ai-je en te perdant, perdu le souvenir !

Can be found in Bertaut - Recueil des Œuvres poétiques, éd. L. Breyel, Paris, 1605, under the title "Complainte (Au bord d’une fontaine)"

See also Bertaut's Chanson, in which the last stanza is the same as this poem's refrain.

Composition:

    Set to music by Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen (1761 - 1817), "Au bord d'une fontaine", published [1786], stanzas 1,4 [ voice and piano or organ or harpsichord ], from Viser og lyriske Sange, satte i musik af Federik Ludevig Æmilius Kunzen, no. 50, from Weisen und lyrische Gesänge, no. 43, Kjøbenhavn: August Friderich Stein (1786, Danish cycle) ; Flensburg und Leipzig: Korten'sche Buchhandlung (1788, German cycle)

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Bertaut (1552 - 1611), title 1: "Les regrets", title 2: "Complainte (Au bord d’une fontaine)", first published 1605

See other settings of this text.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 54
Word count: 217

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