Et pourtant, nous pouvions ne jamais nous connaître ! Mon amour, imaginez-vous Tout ce que le sort dut permettre Pour qu’on soit là, qu’on s’aime, et pour que ce soit nous ? Songe qu’avant d’unir nos têtes vagabondes, Nous avons vécu seuls, séparés, égarés Et que c’est long le temps, et que c’est grand le monde Et que nous aurions pu ne pas nous rencontrer.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Lefèvre (1885 - 1983), as Paul Géraldy, written 1913, appears in Toi et Moi, Paris, Éd. Stock, first published 1913 [author's text not yet checked 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 Raoul Blondel (1864 - 1944), as Raoul Brunel, "Chance", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Toi et Moi, cinq poèmes chantés, no. 3, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Dussaut (1896 - 1969), "Chance", op. 10 no. 1 (1926), published 1927 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], Paris, Éd. Henry Lemoine et Cie [sung text checked 1 time]
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