Las lilas que habían florecido el año pasado

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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Translation © by Elisa Rapado

Les lilas qui avaient fleuri l'année...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Les lilas qui avaient fleuri l'année dernière
vont fleurir de nouveau dans les tristes parterres.
Déjà le pêcher grêle a jonché le ciel bleu
de ses roses, comme un enfant la Fête-Dieu.
Mon cœur devrait mourir au milieu de ces choses,
car c'était au milieu des vergers blancs et roses
que j'avais espéré je ne sais quoi de vous.
Mon âme rêve sourdement sur vos genoux.
Ne la repoussez point. Ne la relevez pas
de peur qu'en s'éloignant de vous elle ne voie
combien vous êtes faible et troublée dans ses bras.

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Text Authorship:

by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 19, first published 1906 [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 Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Les lilas", 1999 [ high voice, flute, and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
by Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Les lilas qui avaient fleuri", 1914, published 1919 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Clairières dans le ciel, no. 9, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Les lilas qui avaient fleuri l'année dernière", op. 355 no. 19 (1956), published 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The lilacs which bloomed", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Las lilas que habían florecido el año...

Language: Spanish (Español) after the French (Français)

Las lilas que habían florecido el año pasado
quieren florecer de nuevo en sus tristes ramos.
Ya el martín pescador ha surcado el cielo azul
de sus rosas, como un niño en la fiesta del Corpus.
Mi corazón debería morir en medio de estas cosas
porque estaba en medio de los vergeles blancos y rosas
porque yo había esperado no se qué de ti.
Mi alma sueña sordamente así, sobre tus rodillas.
No la dejes reposar. No la releves
del pánico, porque al alejarse de ti, no ve
cómo eres / de falible y turbia en sus brazos.

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a text in French (Français) by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 19, first published 1906
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-08
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