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Dans leur âme d​é​jà ta memoire est fan​é​e

from La Com​é​die de la Mort (2021) for tenor and piano by Thomas Oboe Lee

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LE VER.
Dans leur âme déjà ta mémoire est fanée,
Et pourtant sur ta fosse, ô pauvre abandonnée,
        L'oranger est tout frais.
La tenture funèbre à peine repliée,
Comme un songe d'hier elles t'ont oubliée,
        Oubliée à jamais.

The worm:
Within their hearts the thought of thee even now is gone; and yet upon thy grave, poor deserted one, the orange flowers still brilliant are. The funeral pall scarce folded is, yet like testers dream they have forgot - forgot thee and for ever.

LA TRÉPASSÉE.
L'herbe pousse plus vite au coeur que sur la fosse;
Une pierre, une croix, le terrain qui se hausse,
        Disent qu'un mort est là.
Mais quelle croix fait voir une tombe dans l'âme!
Oubli! seconde mort, néant que je réclame,
        Arrivez, me voilà!

The dead girl:
Grass faster grows within the heart than even on the grave, and soon the cross and lowly mound alone recall the presence of the dead. But where the cross that tells of tomb within the soul? Forgetfulness, second death, annihilation which I seek, come unto me! I call for you.

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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