by
Louise-Rose Gérard (1866 - 1953), as Rosemonde Gérard
Le cher anneau d'argent que vous m'avez...
Language: French (Français)
Le cher anneau d'argent que vous m'avez donné
Garde en son cercle étroit nos promesses encloses ;
De tant de souvenirs recéleur obstiné,
Lui seul m'a consolée en mes heures moroses.
Tel un ruban qu'on mit autour de fleurs écloses
Tient encor le bouquet alors qu'il est fané,
Tel l'humble anneau d'argent que vous m'avez donné
Garde en son cercle étroit nos promesses encloses.
Aussi, lorsque viendra l'oubli de toutes choses,
Dans le cercueil de blanc satin capitonné,
Lorsque je dormirai très pâle sur des roses,
Je veux qu'il brille encor à mon doigt décharné,
Le cher anneau d'argent que vous m'avez donné.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• C. Chaminade About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Rosemonde Gérard, Les Pipeaux, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1889, pages 95-96.
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The dear silver ring that you gave me
Language: English after the French (Français)
The dear silver ring that you gave me,
Guards in its narrow circle our enclosed promises;
Obstinate receiver of so many memories,
It alone consoled me in my gloomy hours.
Like a ribbon on which blossoming flowers have been placed
It still holds the bouquet, even when it has wilted.
Thus the humble silver ring that you gave me
Guards in its narrow circle our enclosed promises.
So when the oblivion of all things comes,
When in the coffin padded with white satin,
I am sleeping, so pale upon the roses,
I want it to shine on on my scrawny finger,
The dear silver ring that you gave me.
About the headline (FAQ)
Translation of title "L'anneau d'argent" = "The silver ring"
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Line count: 13
Word count: 109