Crépuscule de février | J'étais près d'une colline

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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

February twilight

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

I stood beside a hill
Smooth with new-laid snow,
A single star looked out
From the cold evening glow.
There was no other creature 
That saw what I could see
I stood and watched the evening star
As long as it watched me.

Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "February twilight", appears in Dark of the Moon, in Berkshire Notes, first published 1926 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "February twilight" [ voice and guitar ], from From the Heart: Three American Women - Three from Sara, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "February twilight", 1924, published 1926? [ high voice and piano ], G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Crépuscule de février", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dämmrung im Februar", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Garth Baxter

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Crépuscule de février

Language: French (Français) after the English

J'étais près d'une colline
Doucement recouverte d'une nouvelle neige,
Une étoile solitaire observait
Depuis le rougeoiement d'un soir froid.
Il n'y avait aucune autre créature
Pour voir ce que je pouvais voir
J'étais là et surveillai l'étoile du soir
Aussi longtemps qu'elle me surveilla.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "February twilight", appears in Dark of the Moon, in Berkshire Notes, first published 1926
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 44