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by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794)

Tu fuis, cruel, et j’expire
Language: French (Français) 
Tu fuis, cruel, et j’expire :
Pardonne à ma foible voix
D’oser encore de redire
Ce qu’elle a dit tant de fois.
Rassure ton âme émue,
Regarde-moi sans frémir ;
On doit supporter la vue
De ceux que l’on fait mourir.

Je t’aimai sans être aimée,
Jamais je n’en eus l’espoir ;
Mais à mon ame charmée
Il suffisoit de te voir.
Hélas ! ta seule présence
Suspendait tous mes tourments ;
Je ne comptais d’existence
Que ces rapides moments.

Reçois du moins sans colère
Les adieux de l’amitié ;
Trembles-tu que ma misère
T’inspire de la pitié ?
Non, non, tu n’as rien à craindre
En m’accordant un regard :
Va, je ne suis point à plaindre,
Je meurs avant ton départ.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Cervantes. Don Quichotte. Traduction de Florian, Tome Quatrième, Paris, Librairie de la Bibliothèque nationale, 1878, page 28. Note: this song text appears to be Florian's own composition rather than a translation from Cervantes. The corresponding passage in the original Don Quijote contains no such song text.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794), no title, appears in Don Quichotte, chapître XLVII. -- Départ de don Quichotte de chez la duchesse [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 Maria Szymanowska, née Marianna Agata Wołowska (1789 - 1831), "Le départ", subtitle: "Romance", published 1819 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig : Breitkopf u. Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-22
Line count: 24
Word count: 115

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