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by Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918)

BERTRAND, mettant un genou en...
Language: French (Français) 
BERTRAND, mettant un genou en terre. 
C'est chose bien commune 
De soupirer pour une 
Blonde, châtaine ou brune 
  Maîtresse, 

Lorsque brune, châtaine 
Ou blonde, on l'a sans peine... 
Moi, j'aime la lointaine
  Princesse ! 

C'est chose bien peu belle 
D'être longtemps fidèle, 
Lorsqu'on peut baiser d'Elle 
    La traine, 

Lorsque parfois on presse 
Une main qui se laisse... 
-- Moi, j'aime la Princesse 
    Lointaine. 

MÉLISSINDE, continuant. 
Car c'est chose suprême 
D'aimer sans qu'on vous aime, 
D'aimer toujours quand même
  Sans cesse,

D'une amour incertaine,
Plus noble d'être vaine... 
Et j'aime la lointaine 
  Princesse. 

Car c'est chose divine 
D'aimer quand on devine
Rêve, invente, imagine 
  A peine... 

Le seul rêve intéresse, 
Vivre sans rêve, qu'est-ce ? 
Et j'aime la Princesse 
  Lointaine !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Edmond Rostand, La princesse Lointaine, Boston, New York, Chicago : D. C. Heath & Co., 1909, pages 66-67.


Text Authorship:

  • by Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918), no title, appears in La princesse lointaine, Act II, Scene 7 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Alfred Noyes (1880 - 1958) , "Song" [an adaptation] ; composed by Benjamin Burrows.
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