Farewell | Everything dies so quickly; the rose

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by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Adieu

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER ITA SPA

Comme tout meurt vite, la rose
Déclose,
Et les frais manteaux diaprés
Des prés; 
Les longs soupirs, les bienaimées,
Fumées!

On voit dans ce monde léger
Changer,
Plus vite que les flots des grèves,
Nos rêves,
Plus vite que le givre en fleurs,
Nos coeurs!

À vous l'on se croyait fidèle,
Cruelle,
Mais hélas! les plus longs amours
Sont courts!
Et je dis en quittant vos charmes,
Sans larmes, 
Presqu'au moment de mon aveu,
Adieu!

Text Authorship:

by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930), written 1874 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Adieu", op. 21 no. 3 (1878), published 1880, first performed 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poëme d'un jour, no. 3, Éd. Durand & Fils [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Adéu", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Farewell", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Abschied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Addio", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (unknown or anonymous translator) , written 2009

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 75

Farewell

Language: English after the French (Français)

Everything dies so quickly; the rose
Abloom,
And the freshly dappled cloaks
Of the meadows,
Deep sighs, those we love well,
Wisps of smoke!

One can see, in this insubstantial world, 
Everything changing; 
More rapidly than waves upon the sand,
Our dreams,
More suddenly than the branching frost,
Our hearts!

I may have believed myself faithful to you,
Cruel one, 
But, alas! The most abiding loves
Are brief!
And I say, upon abandoning your charms,
Without tears, 
Just at the moment of my confession,
Farewell!

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930), written 1874
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-10
Line count: 20
Word count: 85