Farewell to all of it | Quit my heart, sweet memory

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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Adieu tout

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
je ne peux plus vous retenir.

Que voulez-vous ? Est-ce ma vie ?
Ma vie, hélas ! n’est plus à moi ;
il faut me rendre, avec ma foi,
jusqu’aux mes pleurs que l’on vous envie.

Confirmed with Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Œuvres manuscrites. Albums à Pauline, Paris, A. Lemerre, 1921, pages 31-32.

Text Authorship:

by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Adieu tout" [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 Pauline Duchambge (1778 - 1858), "Adieu tout" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Adieu, tout !", 1959, first performed 1959 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois élégies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Farewell to all of it", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2017-01-14
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Word count: 37

Farewell to all of it

Language: English after the French (Français)

Quit my heart, sweet memory;
I can hardly remember you.

What do you want? Is it my life?
My life, alas, is longer my own;
you must give to me back, with my faith,
right down to my tears [that prove] how much you are desired.

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a text in French (Français) by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Adieu tout"
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-13
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Word count: 46