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by Nicolas Joseph Florent Gilbert (1750 - 1780)

Stances
 (Sung text for setting by J. Massenet)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
 ... 

Au banquet de la vie, infortuné convive,
  J'apparus un jour, et je meurs :
Je meurs, et sur ma tombe, où lentement j'arrive,
  Nul ne viendra verser des pleurs.

Salut, champs que j'aimais, et vous, douce verdure,
  Salut, salut, riant exil des bois !
Ciel, pavillon de l'homme, admirable nature,
  Salut pour la dernière fois !

Ah! puissent voir long-temps votre beauté sacrée
  Tant d'amis sourds à mes adieux! 
Qu'ils meurent pleins de jours ! que leur mort soit pleurée
  Qu'un ami leur ferme les yeux !

Note: the poem was written eight days before the author's death. Note for stanza 8 from Oeuvres complètes de Gilbert: Cette strophe est rapportée ainsi par Palissot:

Adieu, champs fortunés, adieu, douce verdure,
  Adieu, riant exil des bois!
Ciel, pavillon de l'homme, admirable nature,
  Adieu pour la dernière fois!

Composition:

    Set to music by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Stances", alternate title: "Adieux", 1869, published 1872, stanzas 7-9 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Nicolas Joseph Florent Gilbert (1750 - 1780), "Ode IX", subtitle: "Imitée de plusieurs psaumes", written 1780

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 246

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