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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Nous nous sommes aimés trois jours ;
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Nous nous sommes aimés trois jours ;
Trois jours elle me fut fidèle.
- Trois jours! - La constance éternelle 
Et les éternelles amours !

Jamais ! jamais ! me disait-elle ;
Moi je disais : toujours ! toujours !
- Toujours ! - La constance éternelle
Et les éternelles amours!

Depuis ce temps, de l'hirondelle
Trois fois j'ai compté les retours.
- Nous nous sommes aimés trois jours :
Trois jours elle me fut fidèle.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Massenet 

J. Massenet sets stanza 1

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Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 17 [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 Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "Caprice" [ medium voice and piano ], from Mignonne, no. 15, Bruxelles, Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Adieu (Complainte)", op. 14 no. 8 [ voice and piano ], from Poème d'avril, no. 8, note: the first stanza is spoken, also set in German (Deutsch)
      • View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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