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by Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909)

Jadis
Language: French (Français) 
Elle est vieille, elle est ridée, 
Son regard n’a plus de feu.
Sur sa tête dénudée, 
Flottent quelques blancs cheveux.
Haute, en tout, d’une coudée, 
Elle va pliée en deux.
Dans sa robe démodée 
Tremblottent ses bras osseux.
Et moi, la voyant si laide, 
Le corps cassé, le cou raide,
Sans mouvements et sans voix, 
Je me dis : Quoi? Voilà celle 
Qui fut, paraît-il, si belle 
Et si chérie autrefois!

Text Authorship:

  • by Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909) [author's text not yet checked 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 Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "Jadis", published 1898 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch & Costallat [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Hetty Binns

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 70

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