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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Quand l'amitié tremblante
Language: French (Français) 
Quand l'amitié tremblante
T'abandonna mon sort,
Que ta main bienfaisante
Me sauva de la mort,
Pour la reconnaissance
  Je pris l'amour,
Et, moins que ta présence,
  J'aimai le jour.

Mais ma timide flamme
Fait naître ta pitié ;
Est-ce assez pour mon âme,
D'une froide amitié ?
Vainement l'espérance
  M'a su guérir,
Si ton indifférence
  Me fait mourir !

Contre un sort invincible
Je ne veux plus m'armer ;
Viens me rendre insensible,
Si tu ne peux m'aimer.
De mon âme asservie
  Romps le lien ;
En reprenant ma vie,
  Reprends ton bien.

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Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Grenoble, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Reprends ton bien" [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 Michel Augustin Quinebaux , "Plainte d'amour", published 1814, Paris, Au magasin de musique de Mme Bénoist [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-04-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 88

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