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Le cher anneau d'argent que vous m'avez donné Garde en son cercle étroit nos promesses encloses ; De tant de souvenirs recéleur obstiné, Lui seul m'a consolée en mes heures moroses. Tel un ruban qu'on mit autour de fleurs écloses Tient encor le bouquet alors qu'il est fané, Tel l'humble anneau d'argent que vous m'avez donné Garde en son cercle étroit nos promesses encloses. Aussi, lorsque viendra l'oubli de toutes choses, Dans le cercueil de blanc satin capitonné, Lorsque je dormirai très pâle sur des roses, Je veux qu'il brille encor à mon doigt décharné, Le cher anneau d'argent que vous m'avez donné.
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Confirmed with Rosemonde Gérard, Les Pipeaux, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1889, pages 95-96.
Authorship
- by Louise-Rose Gérard (1866 - 1953), as Rosemonde Gérard, "Rondel", written 1889, appears in Les pipeaux, in 2. Petits poèmes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1889 [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 Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "L'anneau d'argent", published 1891 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "The silver ring", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The dear silver ring that you gave me, Guards in its narrow circle our enclosed promises; Obstinate receiver of so many memories, It alone consoled me in my gloomy hours. Like a ribbon on which blossoming flowers have been placed It still holds the bouquet, even when it has wilted. Thus the humble silver ring that you gave me Guards in its narrow circle our enclosed promises. So when the oblivion of all things comes, When in the coffin padded with white satin, I am sleeping, so pale upon the roses, I want it to shine on on my scrawny finger, The dear silver ring that you gave me.
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- a text in French (Français) by Louise-Rose Gérard (1866 - 1953), as Rosemonde Gérard, "Rondel", written 1889, appears in Les pipeaux, in 2. Petits poèmes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1889
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 13
Word count: 109