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by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)

Quand vient l'automne
Language: French (Français) 
Quand vient l'automne nébuleux 
Avec ses pâleurs de chlorose, 
Tu caches les avrils frileux 
Dans un pli de ta jupe rose.
 
Les mélancoliques buveurs 
D'aube vermeille et de rosée 
S'en abreuvent dans les saveurs 
De ta lèvre en songe baisée !

L'âme des papillons défunts 
(Car octobre a des deuils sans nombre !) 
Trouve asile dans les parfums 
De tes cheveux poudrés d'or sombre ;
 
Et, renonçant aux longs exils, 
C'est vers le ciel de tes prunelles 
Nuage par l'ombre des cils 
Que s'envolent les hirondelles ! 

Text Authorship:

  • by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), appears in Poésies, in 4. Sérénades, no. 4, Éd. Ollendorff, first published 1885 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Xavier Henri Napoleon Leroux (1863 - 1919), "Quand vient l'automne", 1903, published 1903 [ high voice and piano ], from Les sérénades (Dix mélodies), no. 4, Éd. Au Ménestrel- Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-05-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

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