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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Olivier, je t’attends ! déjà l’heure est...
Language: French (Français) 
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Olivier, je t’attends ! déjà l’heure est sonnée ;
Je viens de tressaillir comme au bruit de tes pas :
Le soleil qui s’éteint va clore la journée ;
Ici j’attends l’amour, et l’amour ne vient pas.

Le berger lentement regagne sa demeure ;
Tout est triste au vallon ; Olivier n’est pas là !
De notre rendez-vous lui-même a fixé l’heure.
Je n’avais rien promis, et pourtant me voilà.

Adieu, mon Olivier ; je m’en vais au village ;
Pour toi je l’ai quitté ; j’y retourne sans toi.
Demain pour t’excuser tu viendras au bocage ;
J’y laisse mon bouquet, il parlera pour moi !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Romances, Charpentier, 1860, page 167, under the title "L'Attente". Note: first appeared in 1815 in Almanach des Muses under the title "Le Rendez-vous" and also in Chansonnier des Graces the same year under the title "L'Absence au rendez-vous".


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), title 1: "Le Rendez-vous", title 2: "L'Absence au rendez-vous", title 3: "L'Attente", written 1815? [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 Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini (1781 - 1841), as Felix Blangini, "Olivier je t’attends", published 1821, Paris : Blangini [sung text not yet checked]
  • by ?, Mme. Alexis Delisle , "Olivier, je t’attends", published 1828, Paris, Pacini [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theresia Demar (1786 - 1858), "L’Absence au rendez-vous", published c1815 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pauline Duchambge (1776 - 1858), "Olivier", published [1830] [ medium voice and piano or harp ], Paris, Éd. Ignace Pleyel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by ?, Mlle. de Folleville , "Alexis je l’attends" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Herdliska (1796 - 1821), as Henri Herdlizka, "Olivier Je t’attends !", published c1810, Bordeaux [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Lambert (1734 - 1816), "Le Rendez-vous", published 1815, Paris : Lélu [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nélia Maillard (1803 - 1835), "Alexis je t’attends", published c1840, Paris : Ph. Petit; arrangement by Joseph Meissonnier
        Score: Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum Digitale Bibliothek [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henriette Martin (1897 - 1985), "Olivier, je t’attends", published 1828, Paris : Paccini [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Édouard Pillore , "Le Rendez-vous", 1827 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Henri Plantade (1764 - 1839), "Olivier", published 1819, Paris : Janet et Cotelle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760 - 1836), "Le Rendez-vous", c1815 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. B. Roux-Martin (d. 1834), "Le rendez vous", published 1819, Paris, Pacini; arrangement by Jean-Racine Meissonnier [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 95

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