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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Si mon cœur devient votre chose
Language: French (Français) 
Si mon cœur devient votre chose
Ce rien frêle et prêt à souffrir
Que la femme sous son doigt rose
Aime à meurtrir ;

Si tout entier je vous le livre,
Humble et tremblant de vous l’offrir,
Laissez-moi la force de vivre
Pour vous chérir.

Soyez douce ! assez de blessures
Ont bu mon sang sans le tarir :
Il ne saurait d’autres tortures
Jamais guérir.

Et, comme la fleur sous l’orage
Qui se brise sans se flétrir,
Il ne garde plus de courage
Que pour mourir !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, written 1880-82, appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 2. Amour d'hiver, in 1. I. , no. 3, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1882 [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 Paul-Charles-Marie Curet (1848 - 1917), as Paul Puget, "En suppliant", 1882 [voice and piano], from Amour d'hiver, no. 4, Éd. Hartmann [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

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