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by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval

Mélodrame et chœur
 (Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
De roses vermeilles
Nos champs sont fleuris,
Et le bras des treilles
Tend à nos corbeilles
Ses raisins mûris.

Puisque chaque année
Jetant aux hivers
Sa robe fanée,
Renaît couronnée
De feuillages verts ;

Puisque toute chose
S'offre à notre main
Pour qu'elle en dispose,
Effeuillons la rose,
Foulons le raisin.

Car le temps nous presse
D'un constant effort !
Hier la jeunesse,
Ce soir la vieillesse,
Et demain la mort.

Étrange mystère !
Chaque homme à son tour
Passe solitaire
Un jour sur la terre ;
Mais pendant ce jour...

De roses vermeilles
Nos champs sont fleuris,
Et le bras des treilles
Tend à nos corbeilles
Ses raisins mûris.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Mélodrame et chœur", op. 52 no. 4, published [1888], first performed 1888 [ women's chorus and orchestra ], from the incidental music to Caligula, no. 4, Paris, J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, no title

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-11-16
Line count: 30
Word count: 106

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