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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Il le faut, je renonce à toi
Language: French (Français) 
Il le faut, je renonce à toi ;
On le veut, je brise ta chaîne.
Je te rends tes serments, ta foi :
Sois heureux, quitte-moi sans peine,
Séparons-nous... attends, hélas !
Mon cœur encor ne se rend pas !

Toi qui fus mes seules amours,
Le charme unique de ma vie,
Une autre fera tes beaux jours,
Et je le verrai sans envie.
Séparons-nous... attends, hélas !
Mon cœur encor ne se rend pas.

Reprends-le ce portrait charmant
Où l'amour a caché ses armes ;
On n'y verra plus ton serment,
Il est effacé par mes larmes !
Séparons-nous... attends, hélas !
Mon cœur encor ne se rend pas.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "La Séparation", written 1825? [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 Joseph Matthias Hubert Beltjens (1820 - 1909), "La Séparation", published 1844?, Mayence, Anvers et Bruxelles: Chez les fils de B. Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emma Dahl (1819 - 1896), "La Séparation (Farvel)", subtitle: "Romance dramatique", published 1875, Christiania, Carl Warmuth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pauline Duchambge (1778 - 1858), "La Séparation", published [1827] [ medium voice and piano or harp ], Paris, Éd. Ignace Pleyel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antoine Orlowski , "Mon cœur encor ne se rend pas", published 1833, Paris, A. Petit, in À la lyre moderne [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 102

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