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by André Chénier (1762 - 1794)

Adieu
 (Sung text for setting by C. Cui)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
          Je veux que mon retour 
Te paraisse bien long ; je veux que nuit et jour 
Tu m’aimes. (Nuit et jour, hélas ! je me tourmente.)
Présente au milieu d’eux, sois seule, sois absente ;
Dors en pensant à moi; rêve-moi près de toi ;
Ne vois que moi sans cesse, et sois toute avec moi.

Composition:

    Set to music by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Adieu", op. 32 (Sept Mélodies) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co.

Text Authorship:

  • by André Chénier (1762 - 1794), no title, appears in Élégies, no. 3

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

  • ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 55

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