by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901)
Désespoir
Language: French (Français)
Prends ce fer, frappe-moi, Vois je t'offre mon sein, Et n'ai d'autre désir que mourir de ta main. Quelle honte pour moi de te voir éperdu Disposer au hasard de ce cœur qui m'est dû. Plus ardent que la flamme et plus beau que le jour Tu m'aimais autrefois ! tu vantais mon amour, Maintenant, insultant mes trop justes douleurs, Ma rivale t'enchaîne et tu ris de mes pleurs.
Note: this text is sometimes indicated as a (very) loose translation of Pushkin's Старый муж, грозный муж.
Authorship:
- by Louis Pomey (1835 - 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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Désespoir", VWV: 1138 [voice and piano], confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 2 times]
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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