by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Regrets
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Jours passés, Ô jeunesse envolée, Vous laissez L'âme à jamais troublée. Ô printemps sans retour! Ô fleurs! ô délire, Quand mes yeux chaque jour Te voyaient sourire Ô mon seul, mon cher amour! Bien loin tu t'es enfuie, Ô toi qui fus ma vie, Et qui restes mon coeur. En vain le temps dévore, Sous mon front luit encore Ton souvenir vainqueur! Heureux de ma blessure, Ton nom, je le murmure, Ô toi, qui fus ma vie Et qui restes mon coeur!
Text Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901) [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 Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), "Regrets", published 1885 [high voice and piano], from Quinze mélodies, deux chœurs, no. 9, Éd. Hartmann & Cie. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , "Days passed", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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