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by Émile Barateau (1792 - 1870)

L'oublier!... jamais!
 (Sung text for setting by F. David)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Je peux, en sa présence,
Hélas! sans espérance,
Rêver de ma souffrance;
Mais, l'avouer, jamais!

Je peux, quand tout me blesse,
Pleurer de la tristesse
Qui, chaque jour, m'oppresse;
Mais la guérir, jamais!

Je peux, en parlant d'elle,
Dire à tous: Elle est belle
Comme une ange mortelle!
Mais, la nommer, jamais!

A Dieu, dans ma prière,
Mon secret, doux mystère,
Mon coeur ne peut le taire;
Mais, le trahir, jamais!

Je peux, moi qui l'adore,
L'aimer longtemps encore
D'un amour qu'elle ignore;
Mais, l'aimer moins, jamais!

Je peux, l'âme flétrie,
Dans une autre patrie,
Aller finir ma vie,
Mais, l'oublier, jamais!

Composition:

    Set to music by Félicien César David (1810 - 1876), "L'oublier!... jamais!", 1847, published 1866 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. E. Gérard

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Barateau (1792 - 1870)

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

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 104

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