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by Anatole de Ségur, Marquis (1823 - 1902) and sometimes misattributed to Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur (1799 - 1874)

Si tu savais !
 (Sung text for setting by E. Tinel)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Auprès du berceau désolé,
D'où son ange s'est envolé,
La mère pleure à demi folle
Et ne veut pas qu'on la console ;
Car son fils s'en est allé.

Soudain, ô divine merveille,
Dans le silence de la nuit,
Semblable au doux et léger bruit
Que fait en volant une abeille,
Une voix chère à son oreille
Dit tout bas : « Puisque tu m'aimais, 
Ne pleure pas ! Si tu savais ! »

Composition:

    Set to music by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Si tu savais !", op. 42 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel; note: the score misattributes the text to Madame de Ségur, also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • by Anatole de Ségur, Marquis (1823 - 1902), "Si tu savais !"
  • sometimes misattributed to Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur (1799 - 1874)

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