Sur cette page blanche où mes vers vont...
Language: French (Français)
Sur cette page blanche où mes vers vont éclore,
Qu'un regard quelquefois ramène votre cœur.
De votre vie aussi la page est blanche encore;
Que ne puis-je y graver un seul mot : Le bonheur !
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with
Œuvres complètes de Lamartine: Épîtres et poésies diverses. Recuillements poétiques, Tome cinquième. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1860, p. 225
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Giulio Alary (1814 - 1891), "La page blanche" [ high voice and piano ], from 20 Mélodies, Vol. I, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Durand & Schoenewerk [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludovic (or Lodovico) Alberti (1857 - 1939), "Première page" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Ricordi (96220) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Membrée (1820 - 1882), "Le Livre de la Vie" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by George O'Kelly (1831 - 1914), "Sur un Album", published [1891] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. du "Journal des Demoiselles" [sung text not yet checked]
- by François Luc Joseph Thomé (1850 - 1909), as Francis Thomé, "La Page blanche", published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éditions Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 34
On this blank page where my verses will...
Language: English after the French (Français)
On this blank page where my verses will blossom,
Let a glance occasionally bring back your heart.
For your life as well the page is still blank;
Thus I cannot engrave a single word on it: Happiness!
About the headline (FAQ)
Translator's note for the last two lines: in other words, your future is still unwritten.
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