Les sanglots longs Des violons De l'automne Blessent mon cœur D'une langueur Monotone. Tout suffocant Et blême, quand Sonne l'heure, Je me souviens Des jours anciens Et je pleure ; Et je m'en vais Au vent mauvais Qui m'emporte Deçà, delà, Pareil à la Feuille morte.
Douze mélodies, 3e série
by Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917)
51. Chanson d'automne [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Chanson d'automne", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 5, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The long sobs", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Judith Kellock) , "Song of autumn", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Autumn song", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Autumn Song", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 5
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Herbstlied", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Herbstgesang", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Herbstlied", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Árpád Tóth) , "Őszi chanson"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone d'autunno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Teresa Prażmowska) , "Pieśń jesienna", first published 1889
- POL Polish (Polski) (Barbara Beaupré) , "Jesienna pieśń"
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 57-58.
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52. Chanson pour elle [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Tu crois au marc de café, Aux présages, aux grands jeux : Moi je ne crois qu'en tes grands yeux. Tu crois aux contes de fées, Aux jours néfastes, aux songes, Moi je ne crois qu'en tes mensonges. Tu crois en un vague Dieu, En quelque saint spécial, En tel Ave contre tel mal. Je ne crois qu'aux heures bleues Et rose que tu m'épanches Dans la volupté des nuits blanches ! Et si profonde est ma foi Envers tout ce que je croi Que je ne vis plus que pour toi.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1891, appears in Chansons pour elle, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1891
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The sceptic", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
53. Il pleure dans mon cœur [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Il [pleure]1 dans mon cœur Comme il pleut sur la ville ; Quelle est cette langueur Qui pénètre mon cœur ? Ô bruit doux de la pluie, Par terre et sur les toits ! Pour un cœur qui s'ennuie, Ô le [chant]2 de la pluie ! Il pleure sans raison Dans [ce]3 cœur qui s'écœure. Quoi ! nulle trahison ? ... [Ce]4 deuil est sans raison. C'est bien la pire peine, De ne savoir pourquoi... Sans amour et sans haine Mon cœur a tant de peine !
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
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- CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "There is weeping in my heart", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas Ang) , "In my heart it weeps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Es weint in meinem Herzen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Es weint in meinem Herz", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Rostand: "pleut"
2 Debussy: "bruit"
3 Fauré, Rostand: "mon"; Madetoja: "le"
4 Fauré, Rostand: "Mon"
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54. Un grand sommeil noir [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Un grand sommeil noir Tombe sur ma vie : Dormez, tout espoir, Dormez, toute envie ! Je ne vois plus rien, Je perds la mémoire Du mal et du bien... Ô la triste histoire ! Je suis un berceau Qu'une main balance Au creux d'un caveau : Silence, silence !
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1873, appears in Sagesse, in Sagesse III, no. 5, first published 1880
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Píseň"
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Egy álom", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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55. Cantilène du joli blacon blanc
Language: French (Français)
Au joli balcon blanc/ Devant la mer qui chante
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56. À la lointaine
Language: French (Français)
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57. Triolets tendres
Language: French (Français)
Que de baisers j'ai déposés
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58. Les deux cœurs
Subtitle: Chant bretonne
Language: French (Français)
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59. Paysage gris
Subtitle: Rondel gris
Language: French (Français)
Les parfums subtils de la rose
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60. Clartés bleues
Subtitle: Rondel bleu
Language: French (Français)
Les yeux bleus de nos amoureuses
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61. Le survivant
Language: French (Français)
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62. Les lendemains [sung text not yet checked]
Subtitle: Les quatre âges des femmes
Language: French (Français)
Philis, plus avare que tendre, Ne gagnant rien à refuser, Un jour exigea de Silvandre Trente moutons pour un baiser. Le lendemain, [seconde]1 affaire ; Pour le berger le troc fut bon : II exigea de la bergère Trente baisers pour un mouton. Le lendemain, Philis, plus tendre. Craignant de [moins plaire]2 au berger, Fut trop heureuse de lui rendre [Tous les]3 moutons pour un baiser. Le lendemain, Philis, peu sage, [Voulut donner]4 mouton et chien, Pour un baiser que le volage A Lisette [donna]5 pour rien.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Dufresny, Sieur de la Rivière (1648 - 1724)
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Nouveau recueil des épigrammatistes François anciens et modernes. Par Antoine Augustin Bruzen de la Martinière, Tome 2, Amsterdam, Chez les Frères Wetstein, 1720, page 36.
1 Weckerlin: "nouvelle"2 Weckerlin: "déplaire"
3 Weckerlin: "Trente"
4 Weckerlin: "Aurait donné"
5 Weckerlin: "donnait"
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Total word count: 353