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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Translation © by Francesco Campanella

Air retrouvé

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Rien n'est fini. Tout recommence.
Rupture toujours ajournée !
C'est comme un vieux bout de romance
Qu'on chanta toute une journée.

Un moment on croit qu'on l'oublie.
On marche sans en avoir cure.
Mais la ritournelle abolie
Couve dans la mémoire obscure.

Un beau jour qu'on prête l'oreille
A des bruits vagues, l'on s'étonne
D'entendre la petite abeille
Qui dans sa ruche encor chantonne.

Et voilà qu'on redit sans trêve
Le bout oublié de romance.
On retourne à son ancien rêve.
Rien n'est fini. Tout recommence,¹

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Confirmed with Les caresses, Nouvelle Édition, Paris, G. Charpentier, [no date], pages 172-173.

¹ [sic] for the punctuation.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Air retrouvé", written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 3. Brumaire, no. 13, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Air retrouvé", op. 44 no. 10 (1890) [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Poèmes de Jean Richepin, no. 10, Éd. "Au Menestrel" Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Air retrouvé", op. 48, Heft 3 (Brumaire) no. 3 (1924), published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le poème de l'amour, no. 10, Éd. H. Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Rediscovered air", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Francesco Campanella) , "Aria ritrovata", copyright © 2013, (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.
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Word count: 86

Aria ritrovata

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the French (Français)

Nulla termina. Tutto ricomincia
Strappo sempre rimandato!
Come la coda di una vecchia canzone
Cantata per tutta la giornata

Per un momento la si crede dimenticata.
Si va senza curarsene.
Ma il ritornello messo da parte
Cova nella memoria oscura.

Un bel dì che si presta orecchio
A vaghi rumori ci si stupisce
Di ascoltare la piccola ape
Che ancora ronza nel suo alveare.

Così è che si ripete senza tregua
La coda della canzone.
Si ritorna all'antico sogno
Niente termina. Tutto ricomincia.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Air retrouvé", written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 3. Brumaire, no. 13, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 83