by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)
Son image, comme un songe
Language: French (Français)
Son image, comme un songe, Partout s’attache à mon sort ; Dans l’eau pure où je me plonge Elle me poursuit encor : Je me livre en vain, tremblante, À sa mobile fraîcheur, L’image toujours brûlante Se sauve au fond de mon cœur. Pour respirer de ses charmes Si je regarde les cieux, Entre le ciel et mes larmes, Elle voltige à mes yeux, Plus tendre que le perfide, Dont le volage désir Fuit comme le flot limpide, Que ma main n’a pu saisir.
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Text Authorship:
- by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), title 1: "Romance", title 2: "Souvenir", title 3: "Amour sans félicité", written 1825, first published 1825 [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 Ferdinando Paër (1771 - 1839), "Amour sans félicité", published 1833 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Souvenir", 1959, first performed 1959 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois élégies, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric Tanguy (b. 1968), "Souvenir", 2007, published 2007 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
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