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by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935)

Regret
 (Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Devant le ciel d'été, tiède et calmé,
Je me souviens de toi comme d'un songe,
Et mon regret fidèle aime et prolonge
  Les heures où j'étais aimé.

Les astres brilleront dans la nuit noire ;
Le soleil brillera dans le jour clair,
Quelque chose de toi flotte dans l'air,
  Qui me pénètre la mémoire.

Quelque chose de toi qui fut à moi :
Car j'ai possédé tout de ta pensée,
Et mon âme, trahie et délaissée,
  Est encor tout entière à toi.

Composition:

    Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Regret", subtitle: "Devant le ciel", L. 59/(55) (1884) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Regret", appears in Les Aveux, in Amour, no. 28

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Regret", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Trauer angesichts des Sommerhimmels", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

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