Les Nuits d'Été, op. 7 Absence (no. 4)

Hector Berlioz
Copyright © 1996 by REC Music Foundation

Music by Berlioz; text by Gautier.
Input and translation by Emily Ezust.
Quasi Orchestration by
Robert Ellis Crawford
Copyright ¬ 1996 by REC Music Foundation
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Instructions: open lyrics windows for tracks 1 & 2. Open staff view for track 3. Mute track 3 to sing along without voice line backup. Note that track 1 & 2 contain dummy notes for the lyrics view and aren't meant to be viewed in staff mode.

Reviens, reviens, ma bienaimée;
Comme une fleur loin du soleil,
La fleur de ma vie est fermée
Loin de ton sourire vermeil!

Entre nos coeurs qu'elle distance!
Tant d'espace entre nos baisers!
O sort amer! ô dure absence!
O grands désirs inapaisés

Reviens, reviens, ma bienaimée;
Comme une fleur loin du soleil,
La fleur de ma vie est fermée
Loin de ton sourire vermeil!

D'ici làbas que de campagnes,
Que de villes et de hameaux,
Que de vallons et de montagnes,
A lasser le pied des chevaux!

Reviens, reviens, ma bienaimée;
Comme une fleur loin du soleil,
La fleur de ma vie est fermée
Loin de ton sourire vermeil!

ABSENCE

Come.back,.return,.my.well_beloved!
Like.a.flower.far.from.the.sun,
The.flower.of.my.life.is.closed
Far.from.your.smiling.ruby.lips!

Between.our.hearts,.what.distance!
What.space.between.our.kisses!
O.bitter.fate!.o.harsh.absence!
O.great.desires.unappeased!

Come.back,.return,.my.well_beloved!
Like.a.flower.far.from.the.sun,
The.flower.of.my.life.is.closed
Far.from.your.smiling.ruby.lips!

From.here.to.there,.how.much.land.there.is!
How.very.many.villages.and.hamlets,
How.very.many.valleys.and.mountains,
To.weary.the.hoofs.of.the.horses!

Come.back,.return,.my.well_beloved!
Like.a.flower.far.from.the.sun,
The.flower.of.my.life.is.closed
Far.from.your.smiling.ruby.lips!

Les Nuits d'Été (The Summer Nights), op. 7
Absence (no. 4)
Soft Karaoke
Words
English (open lyrics window)
French (open lyrics window)
Vocal line (open staff view)
Piano (treble)
Piano (bass)
Piano (bass)
Piano (treble)