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De ta tige détachée, Pauvre feuille desséchée, Où vas-tu ? - Je n'en sais rien. L'orage a brisé le chêne Qui seul était mon soutien. De son inconstante haleine Le zéphyr ou l'aquilon Depuis ce jour me promène De la forêt à la plaine, De la montagne au vallon. Je vais où le vent me mène, Sans me plaindre ou m'effrayer : Je vais où va toute chose, Où va la feuille de rose Et la feuille de laurier.
Text Authorship:
- by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834), "La feuille", appears in Œuvres de A.V. Arnault, in Fables et poésies diverses, no. 16, first published 1825 [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 François Emmanuel Joseph Bazin (1816 - 1878), "La feuille", published 1878-1879 [ medium voice and piano ], in Journal de Musique [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amédée Dutacq (1848 - 1929), "La feuille" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Trémois (1891 - 1974), "La feuille", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Glauco Velasquez (1883 - 1914), "La feuille", 1905, first performed 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "La feuille", subtitle: "Valse facile", published [1872] [ voice and piano ], from Valses chantées, no. 3, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ernst Karl Engelhardt (1788 - 1835) , "Das Laubblatt" [an adaptation] ; composed by Georg Gerson.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , "The Leaf", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-08-01
Line count: 15
Word count: 76
With your detached stem, Poor withered leaf, Where are you going? - I have no idea. The storm snapped the oak tree Which was my lone support. With its inconstant breath The breeze or the north wind Since that day has blown me around From the forest to the plains, From the mountain to the valleys. I go where the wind leads me, Without complaining or getting scared: I go where all things go, Like the rose petal And bay leaf.
Translator's note: The first three lines are the voice of the poet, and the rest of the lines (after the dash) are the voice of the leaf.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Anyi Sharma, (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 French (Français) by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834), "La feuille", appears in Œuvres de A.V. Arnault, in Fables et poésies diverses, no. 16, first published 1825
This text was added to the website: 2024-07-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 80