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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Comme une vaine erreur
Language: French (Français) 
Comme une vaine erreur,
Comme un riant mensonge,
S’évanouit le songe
Qui faisait mon bonheur.
Ô douce chimère !
Si tu fuis sans retour,
Dans ta course légère
Emporte mon amour !

Ce tendre sentiment,
Cette aimable folie,
Ce charme de ma vie,
Sans toi n’est qu’un tourment.
Ô douce chimère !
Si tu fuis sans retour,
Dans ta course légère
Emporte mon amour.

Déjà, pour me punir
D’avoir été trop tendre,
Je consens à te rendre
Un si cher souvenir.
Ô douce chimère !
Si tu fuis sans retour,
Dans la course légère
Emporte mon amour.

Que voulez-vous de moi,
Raison trop inflexible ?
Tourment d’un cœur sensible,
Je cède à votre loi.
Ô douce chimère !
Si tu fuis sans retour,
Dans ta course légère
Emporte mon amour.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Romances, Paris, Charpentier, 1860, pages 168-169.

First published with music by Lélu as "L'erreur" in Le chansonnier des grâces (1816); then in 1819, 1820, and 1822 as "L'espérance", then in La lyre française under the title "Ô douce chimère" with music by Bruguière (1822); then in Poésies (1830) with music by Michotte.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), title 1: "L'erreur", title 2: "L'Espérance", title 3: "Ô douce chimère", written 1816?, first published 1816 [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 Théophile Bayle , "L'Erreur", published c1820, Paris, Pacini [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Édouard Bruguière (1793 - 1863), "Ô douce chimère", published 1822 [ medium voice or vocal duet and piano ], Paris, Éd. A la Nouveauté [sung text not yet checked]
  • by François de Coninck (1810 - 1878), "L'Espérance", published 1848, Bruxelles, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean-Baptiste Pierre Lélu , "L'Erreur", published 1817, Lille, Chez Castiaux [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "L'Espérance", published 1857, Paris, Ledentu [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Rouzé (flourished c1827), "L'Espérance", Paris, Meissonnier [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-24
Line count: 32
Word count: 124

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