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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Quand il pâlit un soir, et que sa voix...
Language: French (Français) 
Quand il pâlit un soir, et que sa voix tremblante
S'éteignit tout à coup dans un mot commencé ;
Quand ses yeux, soulevant leur paupière brûlante,
Me blessèrent d'un mal dont je le crus blessé ;
Quand ses traits plus touchants, éclairés d'une flamme
      Qui ne s'éteint jamais,
S'imprimèrent vivants dans le fond de mon âme ;
      Il n'aimait pas, j'aimais !

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Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Grenoble, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Souvenir", written 1825, appears in Élégies et Poésies nouvelles, Paris, Éd. Ladvocat, first published 1825 [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 André Dulaurens (1873 - 1932), "Souvenir" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacob Christian Fabricius (1840 - 1919), "Souvenir", published 1911 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Paris, Rouart Lerolle et Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maurice Pesse (1881 - 1943), "J'aimais", published 1911, Paris, L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 58

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