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Va! Laisse couler mes larmes

by Jules Massenet

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Va! Laisse couler mes larmes
French source: Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann

Va! laisse couler mes larmes;
elles font du bien, ma chérie!
Les larmes qu'on ne pleure pas,
dans notre âme retombent toutes,
et de leurs patientes gouttes
martèlent le coeur triste et las!
Sa résistance enfin s'épuise;
le coeur se creuse... et s'affaiblit:
il est trop grand,
rien ne l'emplit;
et trop fragile,
tout le brise!!
Tout le brise!

from 'Werther'

Composer

Jules Massenet

Jules Massenet was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon and Werther.

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