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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Souvenir
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vierne)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ITA
Bien souvent je ne pense à rien, comme une bête,
Soudain un mot bourdonne et passe dans ma tête,
Mot jadis entendu,
Un de ceds mots de rien où vivait tout ton être;
Et je sens mille échos de mon passé renaître
Dans cet écho perdu.

Je me souviens de l'an, du mois, du jour, de l'heure,
Et je ferme les yeux sans rien dire, et je pleure.
Car dans ce mot en l'air
J'entends toutes les voix de ma jeunesse heureuse,
Comme on entend au fond d'une coquille creuse
Chanter toute la mer.

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Souvenir", op. 48, Heft 4 (Nivôse) no. 2 (1924), published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le poème de l'amour, no. 13, Éd. Henry Lemoine

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), no title, written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 4. Nivôse, no. 28, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882

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

  • ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Remembrance", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Francesco Campanella) , "Ricordo", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Corinne Orde

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 94

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