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by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947)

Ma jeunesse
 (Sung text for setting by R. Hahn)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ma jeunesse, toujours brisée,
Comme une forêt par le vent,
Garde encore assez de rosée
Pour briller au soleil levant.

Ma jeunesse, toujours remplie
Par l'amour ou le désespoir,
Garde encore assez de folie
Pour aimer leur mortel pouvoir!

Ma jeunesse, aux fleurs finissantes,
Garde encore, malgré les jours,
Ce charme frêle des absentes,
Qui semblent être là, toujours.

Composition:

    Set to music by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Ma jeunesse", published 1918 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 2ème volume, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947), "Toujours brisée", written 1914?, appears in La dormeuse éveillée, in 3. Derrière le coteau, no. 113, Paris, Éd. Plon, first published 1914

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "My youth", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

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