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by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869)

Que notre oeil tristement se pose
Language: French (Français) 
Que notre oeil tristement se pose,
Enfant, quand nous nous regardons !
Nous manque-t-il donc une chose,
Que du coeur nous nous demandons ?

Ah ! Je sais la pensée amère
Qui de tes regards monte aux miens :
Dans mes yeux tu cherches ta mère,
Je vois ma fille dans les tiens !

Du regard quels que soient les charmes,
Ne nous regardons plus ainsi : 
Hélas ! ce ne sont que des larmes
Que les yeux échangent ici.

Le sort t'a sevré de bonne heure,
Toi de ton lait, moi de mon miel.
Puis revoir ce que chacun pleure,
Pauvre enfant, regardons le ciel !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "À une jeune fille qui pleurait sa mère" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Maxime Jacob (1906 - 1977), "À une jeune fille", 1931, published 1932 [medium voice and piano], from Six harmonies poétiques, no. 4, Éd. Rouart Lerolle & Cie [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-01-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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