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by Paul-Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920)

Le temps irrévocable a fui
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beydts)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Le temps irrévocable a fui. L'heure s'achève.
Mais toi, quand tu reviens, et traverses mon rêve,
Tes bras sont plus frais que le jour qui se lève,
        Tes yeux plus clairs.

A travers le passé ma mémoire t'embrasse.
Te voici. Tu descends en courant la terrasse
Odorante, et tes faibles pas s'embarrassent
        Parmi les fleurs.

Par un après-midi de l'automne, au mirage
De ce tremble inconstant que varient les nuages,
Ah, verrai-je encor se farder ton visage
        D'ombre et de soleil ?

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Beydts (1896 - 1953), "Le temps irrévocable a fui", 1945, published 1946 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from d’Ombre et de soleil, no. 7, Éd. Durand

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul-Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920), "Le Tremble est blanc", written 1910, appears in Les Contrerimes, in Chansons, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Le Divan, first published 1921

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 81

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