by
Lucien Paté (1845 - 1939)
Avril
Language: French (Français)
L'oiseau gazouille, la feuille brille
Des frimas avril est vainqueur,
Et moi je t'aime, ô jeune fille,
C'est avril aussi dans mon cœur.
Les blés sont murs, le bois est sombre,
L'onde à peine a quelque fraicheur,
L'été partout fait chercher l'ombre,
C'est encore avril en mon cœur.
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Le ciel est gris , la plaine est blanche,
L'hiver sévit dans sa rigueur,
Dans les monts rugit l'avalanche,
C'est toujours avril en mon cœur !
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• C. Widor C. Widor sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "April", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 73
April
Language: English after the French (Français)
The bird sings, the flower gleaming
in the April frost is victorious,
And I love you, oh young lady,
it is also April in my heart.
The wheat is ripe, the wood is dark,
the waves are hardly chilly,
The summer heat everywhere makes one seek the shade;
it is still April in my heart.
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The sky is gray, the plain is white,
the winter rages in its harshness,
In the mountains an avalanche roars,
it is always April in my heart!
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Lucien Paté (1845 - 1939), "Avril", appears in Poésies, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878
This text was added to the website: 2023-06-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 82
