Adieu
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG GER ITA SPA
Comme tout meurt vite, la rose
Déclose,
Et les frais manteaux diaprés
Des prés;
Les longs soupirs, les bienaimées,
Fumées!
On voit dans ce monde léger
Changer,
Plus vite que les flots des grèves,
Nos rêves,
Plus vite que le givre en fleurs,
Nos coeurs!
À vous l'on se croyait fidèle,
Cruelle,
Mais hélas! les plus longs amours
Sont courts!
Et je dis en quittant vos charmes,
Sans larmes,
Presqu'au moment de mon aveu,
Adieu!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Adéu", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Farewell", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Abschied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Addio", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (unknown or anonymous translator) , written 2009
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 75
Addio
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the French (Français)
Poiché tutto muore in fretta, la rosa
appassisce,
E i freschi mantelli iridescenti
dei prati;
i lunghi sospiri, gli amato,
si dissolvono!
Si vede, in questo mondo impalpabile,
che cambiano,
più veloci delle onde dei fiumi,
i nostri sogni,
più veloce della brina sui fiori
i nostri cuori!
A voi io mi credevo fedele,
crudele,
ma, ahimé, anche i più lunghi amori
sono brevi!
E io dico, lasciando il vostro fascino,
senza lacrime,
quasi al momento d'una mia confessione,
Addio!
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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 80