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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Tristesse
Language: French (Français) 
Nous sommes passés, ce me semble, 
L'un près de l'autre sans nous voir,
Indifférents et sans savoir 
Que nos deux coeurs battaient ensemble...
Nous sommes passés sans nous voir!

A mon coeur, pourtant, comme au vôtre
Un peu d'amour était bien dû,
Ah! ce bonheur est bien perdu 
Que chacun de nous vole à l'autre
Un peu d'amour nous &eaucte;tait dû.

L'heure eût séparé notre route:
Après que nous aurions aimé.
Le ciel sur nous se fût fermé!...
Nous aurions bien souffert, sans doute,
Mais, du moins, nous aurions aimé!

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 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 Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "Tristesse", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], title in German: "Traurigkeit"; Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 90

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