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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Ah ! du moins, pour toi je veux être
Language: French (Français) 
Ah ! du moins, pour toi je veux être
L'ami qui cherchera ta main,
Qui t'empêchera de connaître
La lassitude de chemin.

Cet ami qu'on dédaigne à l'heure
Où tout rit comme un printemps vert,
Mais qu'on retrouve quand on pleure,
Fidèle et le cœur grand ouvert.

Sois heureuse ! que tout soit charmes

  (sempre appassionato)

Pour ta jeunesse et ta Beauté.
Mais, du moins, garde-moi tes larmes...
Mon amour l'a bien mérité !...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Ah ! du moins, pour toi je veux être", written 1880-82, appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 2. Amour d'hiver, in 3. III., Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1882 [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Ah ! du moins", published 1882 [voice and piano], from Poëme d'hiver, no. 5, Paris: G. Hartmann [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 13
Word count: 70

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