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by Émile Augier (1820 - 1889)

Ô ma lyre
 (Sung text for setting by C. Gounod)
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Language: French (Français) 
O ma lyre immortelle,
Qui dans les tristes jours
A tous mes maux fidèle
Les consolait toujours!

En vain ton doux murmure
Veut m'aider à souffrir,
Non, tu ne peux guérir
Ma dernière blessure;
Ma blessure est au coeur
Seul le trépas peut finir ma douleur.

Adieu, flambeau du monde,
Descends au sein des flots,
Moi, je descends sous l'onde,
Dans l'Eternel repos.

Le jour qui doit éclore,
Phaon, luira pour toi,
Mais, sans penser à moi,
Tu reverras l'aurore.
Ouvre-toi gouffre amer
Je vais dormir pour toujours dans la mer.

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Ô ma lyre", 1850, first performed 1851 [ medium voice and piano ], from opera Sapho

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Augier (1820 - 1889)

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 91

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