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by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901)

Désespoir
Language: French (Français) 
Prends ce fer, frappe-moi,
Vois je t'offre mon sein, 
Et n'ai d'autre désir 
que mourir de ta main.

Quelle honte pour moi 
de te voir éperdu
Disposer au hasard 
de ce cœur qui m'est dû. 

Plus ardent que la flamme 
et plus beau que le jour 
Tu m'aimais autrefois ! 
tu vantais mon amour, 

Maintenant, insultant mes 
trop justes douleurs, 
Ma rivale t'enchaîne 
et tu ris de mes pleurs.

Note: this text is sometimes indicated as a (very) loose translation of Pushkin's Старый муж, грозный муж.


Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) [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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Désespoir", VWV 1138 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 2 times]

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

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