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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

S’il est vrai que les morts vont vite
Language: French (Français) 
S’il est vrai que les morts vont vite,
D’où viennent-ils, où s’en vont-ils,
Ces souffles errants et subtils
Qu’une âme vagabonde habite ?

Oh ! si vous vivez sans remords,
Votre douleur fut éphémère,
Vous qui laissez errer vos morts
Ainsi que des enfants sans mère !

— Les miens ! — j’ai su les retenir
Dans mon cœur, jalouse demeure
Où chaque matin je les pleure
Pour les empêcher de partir.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, Les renaissances, La Nature, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1870, pages 12-13.


Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Les Renaissances, in 1. La vie des morts, in 1. La nature, in 4. Les nuages, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870 [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 Alexis Jean Hubert Rostand (1844 - 1919), "Les nuages" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 10, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Fils [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

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