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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Automne
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
À pas lents, et suivis du chien de la maison,
Nous refaisons la route à présent trop connue,
Un pâle automne saigne au fond de l'avenue,
Et des femmes en deuil passent à l'horizon.

Comme dans un préau d'hospice ou de prison
L'air est calme et d'une tristesse contenue,
Et chaque feuille d'or tombe, l'heure venue,
Ainsi qu'un souvenir, lente, sur le gazon.

Le silence entre nous marche... Coeurs de mensonges, 
Chacun, las du voyage et mûr pour d'autres songes,
Rêve égoistement de retourner au port...

Mais les bois ont ce soir, tant de mélancolie
Que notre coeur s'émeut à son tour,
Et s'oublie à parler du passé sous le ciel qui s'endort,

Doucement, à mivoix comme d'un enfant mort...

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Automne", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Automne", op. 28 (Quatre mélodies) no. 2 (1903-4) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Autumn", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 120

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