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by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794)

Vous qui loin d’une amante
Language: French (Français) 
Vous qui loin d’une amante,
Comptez chaque moment ;
Vous qui d’une inconstante,
Pleurez le changement.
Votre destin funeste
Pour moi serait un bien ;
L’espoir au moins vous reste
Il ne me reste rien.

J’aimais une bergère,
Je possédais son cœur ;
Mais, hélas, sur la terre
Il n’est point de bonheur.
Il ressemble à la rose
Qui s’ouvre au doux zéphir ;
Le jour qu’elle est éclose
On la voit se flétrir.

L’objet de ma tendresse
A subi le trépas ;
Beauté, grâce, jeunesse
Ne la sauvèrent pas.
Je vais bientôt la suivre
Dans la nuit du tombeau ;
Le lierre ne peut vivre
Quand on coupe l’ormeau.

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F. Hensel sets stanzas 1-2

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794) [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 Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), "Romance de Florian", <<1825 [ voice and guitar ], from Recueil de Romances, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Isidore", H-U 9 (1820), stanzas 1-2 [ medium voice and piano ], from Frühe Französische Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 104

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