Handsome knight, you who leave for war
Victor Massé
Handsome knight, you who leave for war
What will you do
far from here?
Do you see that the night is deep?
And that the world
is but worry?
You who think that love
Abandoned by thought
flees like that.
Alas! Alas! Seekers of fame
Your smoke
flies away too!
Hansome knight, you who leave for war
What will you do
far from us?
It will make me cry. I who thought
That my smile
was so sweet!