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by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869)

Le Retour
Language: French (Français) 
Vallon, rempli de mes accords ;
Ruisseau, dont mes pleurs troublaient l’onde ;
Prés, colline, forêt profonde ;
Oiseaux, qui chantiez sur ces bords ;

Zéphyr, qu’embaumait son haleine ;
Sentiers, où sa main tant de fois
M’entraînait à l’ombre des bois,
Où l’habitude me ramène :

Le temps n’est plus ! mon œil glacé,
Qui vous cherche à travers ses larmes,
À vos bords jadis pleins de charmes,
Redemande en vain le passé.

La terre est pourtant aussi belle,
Le ciel aussi pur que jamais !
Ah ! je le vois, ce que j’aimais,
Ce n’était pas vous, c’était elle !

Confirmed with Œuvres complètes de Lamartine, Tome V, Chez l’auteur, 1860, in Épitres et Poésies diverses, pages 233-234.


Text Authorship:

  • by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Le Retour" [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 Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Le Retour", op. 9 (Six romances françaises) no. 4 (1861) [ medium voice and piano ], note: the score misattributes the author of the text to Victor Hugo [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-11-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

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