It doesn't matter | It doesn't matter that the winter puts out the lights

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by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)

Translation © by Jean-Pierre Granger

Qu'importe que l'hiver

(Sung text for setting by J. Massenet)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Qu'importe que l'hiver éteigne les clartés
Du soleil assombri dans les cieux attristés.
Je sais bien où trouver encore
Les brillants rayons d'une aurore
Plus belle que l'aube des cieux.
Toi que j'adore, c'est dans tes yeux!

Qu'importe que l'hiver ait des printemps défunts
Dissipé sans pitié les enivrants parfums?
Je sais où trouver, non flétrie,
Malgré la bise en furie,
Une rose encor tout en fleur.
Ô ma chérie, c'est dans ton cœur!

Ce rayon qui, bravant les ombres et la nuit,
Toujours splendide et pur luit au fond de tes yeux;
Cette fleur toujours parfumée
Qui dans ton cœur est enfermée
Et qui sait survivre à l'été.
Ma bien aimée, c'est ta beauté!

Composition:

Jules Massenet

Poème d'Octobre

Text Authorship:

by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Què importa si l’hivern", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "It doesn't matter", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-06
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It doesn't matter

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Massenet)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

It doesn't matter that the winter puts out the lights
Of the obscured sun in the saddened sky.
I still know where to find again
The bright rays of a sunrise
more beautiful then the dawn of the heavens!
You, who I adore, it's in your eyes !

It doesn't matter that the winter had unmercifully dispelled
The intoxicating perfumes of the late springs!
I know where to find, unfaded,
Despite the furious North wind,
A rose still in bloom!
O my darling, it's in your heart!

This ray, defying the shadows and the night,
Always splendid and pure, shines deep in your eyes;
This always scented flower
Locked up in your heart
And which survives the summer,
My beloved, it's your beauty!

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Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2010 by Jean-Pierre Granger.
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