Quand les Roses cesseront de fleurir, Monsieur

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

When roses cease to bloom, sir

(Sung text for setting by N. Peros)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRE

When roses cease to bloom, sir, 
  And violets are done,
When bumble-bees in solemn flight
  Have passed beyond the sun,

The hand that paused to gather
  Upon this summer's day
Will idle lie, in Auburn, --
  Then take my flower, pray!

Note for stanza 2, line 3: "Auburn" refers to Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Nick Peros

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1858, appears in Poems: Third Series, in 2. Love, no. 5, first published 1896

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Quand les Roses cesseront de fleurir,...

(Sung text translation for setting by N. Peros)

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Language: French (Français) after the English

Quand les Roses cesseront de fleurir, Monsieur,
Et les Violettes seront finies --
Quand les Bourdons en vol solennels
Seront passés au-delà du Soleil --
La main qui s'est arrêtée pour les cueillir
En ce jour d'Été
Reposera inoccupée -- à Auburn
Alors prenez mes fleurs - je vous en prie !

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Note : Auburn est un cimetière de Cambridge, Massachusetts

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1858, appears in Poems: Third Series, in 2. Love, no. 5, first published 1896
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