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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Voici que la saison décline
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Voici que la saison décline,
L'ombre grandit, l'azur décroît,
Le vent fraîchit sur la colline,
L'oiseau frissonne, l'herbe a froid.

Août contre septembre lutte ;
L'océan n'a plus d'alcyon ;
Chaque jour perd une minute,
Chaque aurore pleure un rayon.

La mouche, comme prise au piège,
Est immobile à mon plafond ;
Et comme un blanc flocon de neige,
Petit à petit, l'été fond.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title [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 Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Voici que la saison décline", op. 312 no. 5 (2020) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Victor Hugo, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Cyril Plante (b. 1975), "Voici que la saison décline", op. 136, published 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cycle Hugolien, no. 2, Édition du compositeur [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Here the season weakens", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-09-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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