Octobre tardif (Bois de Boulogne) | Écoute, sur le sentier les feuilles humides s'envolent

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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Listen, the damp leaves on the walks are...

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Listen, the damp leaves on the walks are blowing
With a ghost of sound;
Is it a fog or is it a rain dripping
From the low trees to the ground?

If I had gone before, I could have remembered
Lilacs and green after-noons of May;
I chose to wait, I chose to hear from autumn
Whatever she has to say.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Dark of The Moon, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926, page 28.

Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Late October (Bois de Boulogne)", appears in Dark of the Moon, in Pictures of Autumn, first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jeanne Behrend (1911 - 1988), "Late October", published 1943 [voice and piano], from Six Teasdale Songs [
text not verified
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Octobre tardif (Bois de Boulogne)", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-27
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Word count: 61

Octobre tardif (Bois de Boulogne)

Language: French (Français) after the English

Écoute, sur le sentier les feuilles humides s'envolent
Avec un bruit de fantôme ;
Est-ce un brouillard ou est-ce une pluie gouttant
Des arbres bas sur le sol ?

Si j'étais venue plus tôt j'aurais pu me rappeler
les lilas et les verts après-midi de May ;
J'ai choisi d'attendre, j'ai choisi d'écouter l'automne,
Quoi qu'elle aie à dire.

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), "Late October (Bois de Boulogne)", appears in Dark of the Moon, in Pictures of Autumn, first published 1926
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 56