by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885)
Plainte
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): 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 !
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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Lament", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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