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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

La dernière feuille
 (Sung text for setting by E. Chausson)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dans la forêt chauve et rouillée
Il ne reste plus au rameau
Qu'une pauvre feuille oubliée,
Rien qu'une feuille et qu'un oiseau,

Il ne reste plus en mon âme
Qu'un seul amour pour y chanter;
Mais le vent d'automne qui brame
Ne permet pas de l'écouter.

L'oiseau s'en va, la feuille tombe,
L'amour s'éteint, car c'est l'hiver.
Petit oiseau, viens sur ma tombe
Chanter, quand l'arbre sera vert.
Text first published as "L'hiver" in the journal "Don Quichotte", April 30, 1837.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "La dernière feuille", op. 2 (Sept mélodies) no. 4 (1880), published 1883 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "La dernière feuille", written 1837, appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "The last leaf", copyright © 2000, (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: 12
Word count: 70

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