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by Élisa Mercœur (1809 - 1835)

Lorsque je vins m'asseoir au festin de...
Language: French (Français) 
Lorsque je vins m'asseoir au festin de la vie,
Quand on passa la coupe au convive nouveau,
J'ignorais le dégoût dont l'ivresse est suivie,
Et le poids d'une chaine à son dernier anneau.

Et pourtant, je savais que les flambeaux des fêtes,
Eteints ou consumés, s'éclipsent tour-à-tour.
Et je voyais les fleurs qui tombaient de nos têtes,
Montrer en s'effeuillant leur vieillesse d'un jour.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Élisa Mercœur (1809 - 1835), "Philosophie", written 1829 [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Le festin", op. 4 no. 3 [ high voice and piano ], from 30 morceaux de chant, no. 3, Éd. Durand, Schoenewerck & Cie  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 64

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