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October's bellowing anger breaks and cleaves The bronzed battalions of the stricken wood In whose lament I hear a voice that grieves For battle's fruitless harvest, and the feud Of outraged men. Their lives are like the leaves Scattered in flocks of ruin, tossed and blown Along the westering furnace flaring red. O martyred youth and manhood overthrown, The burden of your wrongs is on my head.
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Confirmed with Siegfried Sassoon, COUNTER-ATTACK and other poems, E.P .Dutton and company, New York, 1918, page 48
Text Authorship:
- by Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886 - 1967), "Autumn", appears in Counter-Attack, first published 1918 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Harold Blumenfeld (b. 1923), "Autumn", published 1971 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Songs of War [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Automne", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-19
Line count: 9
Word count: 67
La fureur hurlante d'octobre brise et sépare Les bataillons bronzés du bois dévasté, Dans sa lamentation j'entends une voix qui pleure La vaine moisson de la bataille, et l'affrontement Des hommes outragés. Leurs vies sont comme les feuilles Dispersées en tas de ruines, jetées et soufflées Au fourneau rougeoyant du couchant. Ô jeunesse martyrisée et hommes vaincus, Je porte sur ma tête le fardeau de vos erreurs.
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- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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 Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886 - 1967), "Autumn", appears in Counter-Attack, first published 1918
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-03
Line count: 9
Word count: 67