Qu'il soit oublié | Qu'il soit oublié comme une fleur est oubliée

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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Let it be forgotten

(Sung text for setting by D. Mills)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold.
Let it be forgotten forever and ever.
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone should ask, say it was forgotten,
Long and long ago.
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed foot-fall
In a long forgotten snow.

Composition:

David Mills

Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Let it be forgotten", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Qu'il soit oublié", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Qu'il soit oublié

(Sung text translation for setting by D. Mills)

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Language: French (Français) after the English

Qu'il soit oublié comme une fleur est oubliée,
Oublié comme un feu qui autrefois chantait doré.
Qu'on l'oublie pour toujours et à jamais,
Le temps est un bon ami, il nous rendra vieux.

Si quelqu'un demande, dites qu'on l'a oublié,
Il y a longtemps, longtemps.
Comme une fleur, comme un feu, comme une empreinte de pied
Dans une neige oubliée depuis longtemps.

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a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Let it be forgotten", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920
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