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L'Absente by Isaac de Camondo

The singer speaks of mourning the love of one who has gone. Even the glories of spring fail to ease the pain of loss, which seems as if it will never end.

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Text by Paul Armand Silvestre

En vain d'Avril la tiédeur caressante
Jusqu'a mon front monte sans le charmer
Il n'est printemps sans la douceur d'aimer!
Tout m'est douleur, quand je songe a l'absente.

Il n'est lilas, il n'est rose qui sente,
Azur qui brille à mes yeux enchantés,
Sur les chemins que ses pas ont quittés...
Tout m'est douleur quand je pense à l'absente.

Ne croyez pas que ma peine récente
Du temps, espère un rapide secours;
J'ai trop souffert pour ne souffrir toujours.
Tout m'est douleur, quand je pense a l'absente.

De l'espérance, en mon coeur renaissante,
J'ai repoussé la cruelle pitié.
Mon âme en deuil a perdu sa moitié...
Tout m'est douleur,
Quand je pense a l'absente!

In vain the warmth of April
Caresses my brow without delight
There is no spring without the sweetness of love!
All is pain when I think what is missing.

It is only the scent of lilacs and roses,
Blue shining in my smitten eyes,
On the paths that led away...
All is pain when I think what is missing.

Do not think my trouble is recent
Hoping for rapid relief;
I have suffered too much not to suffer forever.
All is pain when I think what is missing.

The hope in my heart resurgent,
I fend off with cruel pity.
My mourning soul has lost its better half ...
All is pain,
When I think what is missing!

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from Music of Isaac de Camondo, released March 31, 2013

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Norma and Richard Mayer play a fiery brand of chamber music not often associated with their rare musical blend - music for unaccompanied voice and flute. Their operatic arrangements have been acclaimed as a groundbreaking direction in modern music.

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