Encore une fois je te salue | Encore une fois je te salue, lugubre décembre !

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Thou gloomy December

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE

Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December!
    Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care !
Sad was the parting thou makes me remember,
    Parting wi' Nancy, O, ne'er to meet mair !"

Fond lovers parting is sweet painful pleasure,
    Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour;
But the dire feeling, O farewell for ever !
    Anguish unmingled and agony pure !

Wild as the winter now tearing the forest,
    Till the last leaf o' the summer is flown,
Such is the tempest has shaken my bosom,
    Till my last hope and last comfort is gone !

Still as I hail thee, thou gloomy December,
    Still shall I hail thee wi' sorrow and care;
For sad was the parting thou makes me remember,
    Parting wi' Nancy, O, ne'er to meet mair !

Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 263.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Thou gloomy December" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Encore une fois je te salue", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Encore une fois je te salue

Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)

Encore une fois je te salue, lugubre décembre !
    Encore une fois je te salue, avec chagrin et tourments
Tu me fais souvenir que la séparation fut  triste,
    La séparation d'avec Nancy, ô, pour ne plus jamais la revoir !

Pour de tendres amants se séparer est un doux et pénible plaisir,
    Les rayons de l'espoir adoucissant l'heure de la séparation ;
Mais l'affreux sentiment, ô adieu pour toujours !
    Angoisse absolue et pure agonie.

Cruelle comme l'hiver qui maintenant déchire la forêt,
    Jusqu'à arracher la dernière feuille de l'été,
Telle est la tempête qui a secoué mon cœur,
    Depuis que l'espoir et la consolation s'en sont allés.

Pourtant, je te salue, lugubre décembre,
    Mon angoisse se réveille à ton visage si gris ;
Tu me fais souvenir que la séparation fut  triste,
    La séparation d'avec Nancy, ô, pour ne plus jamais la revoir !

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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-26
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Word count: 139