Plainte | Ô monde ! ô vie ! Ô temps !

by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885)

Plainte

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Ô monde ! ô vie ! Ô temps !
Fantômes, ombres vaines,
Qui lassez à la fin mes pas irrésolus,
Quand reviendront ces jours,
Où vos mains étaient pleines,
Vos regards caressants,
Vos promesses certaines ?
Jamais, ô jamais plus !
Ô jamais plus !

L'éclat du jour s'éteint
Aux pleurs où je me noie ;
Les charmes de la nuit
Passent inaperçus,
Nuit, jour, printemps, hiver,
Est-il rien que je voie ?
Mon cœur peut battre encor
De peine, mais de joie,
Jamais ô jamais plus !
Ô jamais plus !

Text Authorship:

by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885), "Plainte", appears in Poésies nouvelles par Mme Amable Tastu, Paris, Denain et Delamare, first published 1835 [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 Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Plainte", op. 46 no. 2 [ vocal duet for soprano and contralto with piano ], from 3 élégies à 2 voix, no. 2, Éd. Simon Richault [sung text not yet checked]
by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Plainte", op. 19 no. 1 (1914) [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes romantiques: 2ème série, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Plainte", 1855, published 1856, orchestrated 1915 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], Éd. Richault [sung text checked 1 time]
by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Plainte", op. 40 (Six Mélodies pour chant et piano = Zes Melodiën voor Zang & Piano) no. 5, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 82