Ils tombaient comme des Flocons

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

They dropped like flakes

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

They dropped like flakes,
They dropped like stars,
Like petals from a rose,
When suddenly across the June
A wind with fingers goes.

They perished in the seamless grass
No eye could find the place,
But God can summon every face
Of His repealless list.

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• G. Coates

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text not yet checked 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 Gloria Coates (b. 1938), "Armistice", from 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 11. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 9
Word count: 45

Ils tombaient comme des Flocons

Language: French (Français) after the English

Ils tombaient comme des Flocons --
Ils tombaient comme des étoiles --
Comme des Pétales d'une Rose --
Quand soudain en Juin
Un Vent avec des doigts -- vient --

Ils périrent dans l'Herbe sans couture --
Aucun œil ne put trouver l'endroit --
Mais Dieu peut convoquer chaque visage --
Sur sa Liste -- sans Annulation.

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Translation of title "Armistice" = "Armistice"

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 48