by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)
Adieu tout
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ; je ne peux plus vous retenir. Que voulez-vous ? Est-ce ma vie ? Ma vie, hélas ! n’est plus à moi ; il faut me rendre, avec ma foi, jusqu’aux mes pleurs que l’on vous envie.
Confirmed with Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Œuvres manuscrites. Albums à Pauline, Paris, A. Lemerre, 1921, pages 31-32.
Text Authorship:
- by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Adieu tout" [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 Pauline Duchambge (1778 - 1858), "Adieu tout" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Adieu, tout !", 1959, first performed 1959 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois élégies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Farewell to all of it", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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