Adieu tout
Language: French (Français)
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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 pleurs que l'on]1 vous envie.
Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
Je ne peux plus vous retenir.
Fuyez l'amant qui me fut tendre,
Il ne veut pas vous recevoir ;
Et si vous voulez me revoir,
Allez au ciel, allez m'attendre.
Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
Je ne peux plus vous retenir.
Là, quand vous me verrez paraître
Si Dieu le veut, volez vers moi.
Au Ciel, pour [aimer]2 sans effroi,
Quel bonheur de se reconnaître !
Quittez mon cœur, doux souvenir ;
Je ne veux plus vous retenir.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• P. Duchambge View text without footnotes
Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, ed. by Marc Bertrand, Grenoble : Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.
1 Duchambge: "Jusqu'à mes pleurs qu'on"
2 Duchambge: "l'aimer"
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- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Farewell to all of it", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Farewell to all of it
Language: English after the French (Français)
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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 [the]1 tears [that prove] how much you are desired.
Quit my heart, sweet memory;
I can hardly remember you.
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Quit my heart, sweet memory;
I can hardly remember you.
Available sung text translations: ← What is this?
• P. Duchambge View text without footnotes
1 Duchambge: "my"
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