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Hier, c'est ce chapeau fané Que j'ai longtemps traîné. Hier, c'est une pauvre robe Qui n'est plus à la mode. Hier, c'était le beau couvent Si vide maintenant Et la rose mélancolie Des cours de [jeune fille]1. Hier, c'est mon cœur mal donné. Une autre, une autre année ! Hier n'est plus ce soir qu'une ombre Près de moi dans ma chambre.
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View text without footnotes1 Poulenc: "jeunes filles"
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Louise Lalanne
- by Marie Laurencin (1883 - 1956), "Hier", written 1909, appears in Il y a, in Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925 [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Hier", 1940 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Hier", FP 57 no. 3 (1931) [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lucie Vellère (1896 - 1966), "Hier", 1957, published 1975 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone ], from Trois poèmes d'Apollinaire, no. 3, Brussels : CeBeDeM [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ahir", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Yesterday", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Gestern", copyright © 2014, (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: 12
Word count: 63
Ahir, era aquell barret tronat Que he portat tant de temps. Ahir, era un vestit gastat Que ja no està de moda. Ahir era el bell convent, Ara tan buit, I la rosa melangia De les classes de les donzelles. Ahir, era el meu cor mal donat. Un altre, un altre any! Ahir aquesta nit no és res més que una ombra A prop meu a la meva cambra.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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) misattributed to Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Louise Lalanne and by Marie Laurencin (1883 - 1956), "Hier", written 1909, appears in Il y a, in Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 69