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Artist: Léo Ferré
Canonical path: /ferre-leo/o-triste-triste-etait-mon-ame
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Ô triste, triste était mon âme
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Ô triste, triste était mon âme
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Ô triste, triste était mon âme
A cause, à cause d'une femme.
Je ne me suis pas consolé
Bien que mon cœur s'en soit allé,
Bien que mon cœur, bien que mon âme
Eussent fui loin de cette femme.
Je ne me suis pas consolé,
Bien que mon cœur s'en soit allé.
Et mon cœur, mon cœur trop sensible
Dit à mon âme : Est-il possible,
Est-il possible, - le fût-il,
Ce fier exil, ce triste exil ?
Mon âme dit à mon cœur : Sais-je,
Moi-même, que nous veut ce piège
D'être présents bien qu'exilés
Encore que loin en allés ?
Ô triste, triste était mon âme
A cause, à cause d'une femme
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