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Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment ; Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie, J'ai tout quitté pour l'ingrate Sylvie : Elle me quitte, et prend un autre amant. Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment ; Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie. Tant que cette eau coulera doucement Vers [le]1 ruisseau qui borde la prairie, Je t'aimerai, me répétoit Sylvie : L'eau coule encore ; elle a changé pourtant, Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment ; Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Nouvelles de M. de Florian, third edition, Paris, P. Didot l'aîné, 1792, page 376. Note: the word "répétoit" can be modernized to "répétait" (stanza 2, line 3)
Note: the first two lines are quoted by Piachaud in his La chanson de l'indifférent.
1 Martini: "ce"Text Authorship:
- by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794), "Plaisir d'amour", appears in Célestine [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 Giulio Alary (1814 - 1891), "Plaisir d'amour" [ medium voice and piano ], from 20 Mélodies, Vol. I, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Durand & Schoenewerk [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Romance de Célestine", H-U 8 (1820) [ high voice and piano ], from Frühe Französische Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Paul-Egide Schwarzendorf (1741 - 1816), as Jean Martini, "Plaisir d'amour", also set in Italian (Italiano), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Jakob Mnioch (1765 - 1804) , "An Chelonis", appears in Streit und Friede, in Lyrische Halmen [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Georg Nägeli.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Liebesfreud, Liebesleid" ; composed by Johann Paul-Egide Schwarzendorf, as Jean Martini.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Johann Paul-Egide Schwarzendorf, as Jean Martini.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "The pleasure of love", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 76
The pleasure of love only lasts one moment; The regret of love lasts one's whole life. I left everything for the ungrateful Sylvie; She leaves me and takes another lover. The pleasure of love only lasts one moment; The regret of love lasts one's whole life. As long as this water flows softly Toward this brook that borders the plain I will love you, repeated Sylvie to me. The water still flows, she has changed however. The pleasure of love only lasts one moment; The regret of love lasts one's whole life.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2004 by Barbara Miller, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794), "Plaisir d'amour", appears in Célestine
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 92