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by André Gide (1869 - 1951)

Lettre d'Alissa
Language: French (Français) 
Mon cher Jérôme, 

J'ai beaucoup réfléchi à ce que tu me
proposais.[...] J'ai peur d'être trop
âgée pour toi; [...] mais je songe à
ce que je souffrirais plus tard, [...] si je vois que je
ne puis plus te plaire.  Tu vas t'indigner beaucoup, sans doute, en me
lisant; je crois entendre les protestations: pourtant je ne mets pas
en doute ton amour; simplement, je te demande d'attendre encore que tu
sois un peu plus avancé dans la vie.  Comprends que je ne parle
ici que pour toi-même, car pour moi je crois bien que je ne
pourrai jamais cesser de t'aimer.

Alissa.

Note: Ellipses in square brackets [...] indicate that some of the original text is missing here (not set by Milhaud).


Text Authorship:

  • by André Gide (1869 - 1951), appears in La Porte étroite , first published 1909 [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Lettre d'Alissa", op. 9 no. 4 (1913), rev. 1931 [ soprano and piano ], from Alissa, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-06-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 104

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