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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Plainte à Hortence
Language: French (Français) 
Quoi tu me quittes tout un jour:
Comment supporter ton absence?
Ah, c'est un an pour mon amour,
C'est un siècle pour ma souffrance.
Tout me semble me défaillir,
Le bonheur, l'existence même:
Il ne faut qu'un jour pour vieillir
Quand on est loin de ce qu'on aime.

Tout me fera frémir pour toi:
Loin de moi qui peut te défendre?
Je craindrai même pour toi:
Je te connais un coeur si tendre.
Dieux! que de tourments à souffrir
Un jour entier; ô peine extrême.
Ma chère Hortence, il faut mourir
Quand on est loin de ce qu'on aime.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Plainte à Hortence" [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 Joseph Dominique Fabry-Garat (1774 - 1833), "Plainte à Hortence" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-08-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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