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Novembre approche, -- et c'est le mois charmant
Où, devinant ton âme à ton sourire,
Je me suis pris à t'aimer vaguement,
Sans rien dire.
Novembre approche, -- ah! nous étions enfants,
Mais notre amour fut beau comme un poème,
-- Comme l'on fait des rêves triomphants,
Lorsqu'on aime! --
Novembre approche, -- [assis au coin du feu,
Malade et seul,]1 j'ai songé tout à l'heure
A cet hiver où je croyais en Dieu,
Et je pleure.
Novembre approche, -- et c'est le mois béni
Où tous les morts ont des fleurs sur leur pierre,
Et moi je porte à mon rêve fini
Sa prière.
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Koechlin: "malade et seul, assis au coin du feu"Text Authorship:
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Line count: 16
Word count: 100
November is approaching, and it's the charming month When, divining your soul in your smile, I vaguely decided to love you Without saying anything . . . November is approaching, ah! we were children, But our love was as beautiful as a poem. Since one has triumphant dreams When one loves! November is approaching. Sick and alone, sitting beside the fire, I was reminded a little earlier Of that winter when I believed in God, And I weep. November is approaching, And it's the blessed month When all the dead have flowers on their gravestones. And I, I carry to my dead dream Its prayer.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 105
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