Wilted flower | This flower, once given

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by Léon Dierx (1838 - 1912)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Fleur fanée

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Cette fleur, autrefois donnée,
A gardé l'odeur d'un beau sein,
Il s'en échappe tout l'essaim 
Des souvenirs d'une autre année
Où la blancheur au pur dessin
Charma quelque âme fortunée.
Heureuse fut la matinée,
Qui t'embaumait, ô fleur fanée,
A qui le temps, doux assasin,
Fit une mort si fortunée.
Il n'a tué que ton dessin,
Non les rêves de cette année,
Dont, sur toi, flotte tout l'essaim.
Et j'y sens, autour d'un beau sein,
L'odeur d'amour, par toi donnée,
Ô fleur, que je garde à dessein!

Text Authorship:

by Léon Dierx (1838 - 1912), written 1879, appears in Les amants, Pierre, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1879 [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Fleur fanée", 1893?, published 1894, from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Martin Lunssens (1871 - 1944), "Fleur fanée" [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Wilted flower", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

Wilted flower

Language: English after the French (Français)

This flower, once given,
Has kept the scent of a beautiful breast
[Which] escapes all the swarm
Of the memories of another year,
Where the whiteness in the pure picture
Charmed some fortunate soul.
Happy was the morning
Which perfumed you, oh wilted flower,
To whom time, [the] sweet killer,
Made a death so rich.
He [only] killed your picture,
Not the dreams of this year
Of which, upon you, floats all the swarm.
And I feel there, around a beautiful breast,
The scent of love given by you,
Oh flower, which I keep deliberately!

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Léon Dierx (1838 - 1912), written 1879, appears in Les amants, Pierre, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1879
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 95