by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699)
Hélas ! si jeune encore
Language: French (Français)
Hélas ! si jeune encore, Par quel crime ai-je pu mériter mon malheur ? Ma vie à peine a commencé d'éclore. Je tomberai comme une fleur Qui n'a vu qu'une aurore. Hélas ! si jeune encore, Par quel crime ai-je pu mériter mon malheur ?
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- by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), no title, written 1689, appears in Esther, lines 325-331 [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 Arthur Coquard (1846 - 1910), "Hélas! Si jeune encore", published [1881] [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Léon Escudier [sung text not yet checked]
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