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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
 (Sung text for setting by L. Boulanger)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Les lilas qui avaient fleuri l'année dernière
vont fleurir de nouveau dans les tristes parterres.
Déjà le pêcher grêle a jonché le ciel bleu
de ses roses, comme un enfant la Fête-Dieu.
Mon cœur devrait mourir au milieu de ces choses,
car c'était au milieu des vergers blancs et roses
que j'avais espéré je ne sais quoi de vous.
Mon âme rêve sourdement sur vos genoux.
Ne la repoussez point. Ne la relevez pas
de peur qu'en s'éloignant de vous elle ne voie
combien vous êtes faible et troublée dans ses bras.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Les lilas qui avaient fleuri", 1914, published 1919 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Clairières dans le ciel, no. 9, Ricordi

Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 19, first published 1906

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The lilacs which bloomed", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 92

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