L'adieu | J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire

L'adieu

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG GER HUN

J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère
L'automne est morte souviens-t'en 
Nous ne nous verrons plus sur terre
Odeur du temps brin de bruyère
Et souviens-toi que je t'attends

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Adieu", written 1903, appears in Alcools, first published 1913 [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 Jean Apothéloz (1900 - 1965), "L'Adieu", 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons sur des textes de Guillaume Apollinaire pour chant et piano, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "L'Adieu", op. 184 (2004) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "L'Adieu", 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Pierre Capdevielle (1906 - 1969), "L'Adieu", 1932 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "L'adieu", H. 12 no. 5 (1917), published 1921 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Six Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, no. 5, Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text checked 1 time]
by Michel Hostettler (b. 1940), "L'Adieu" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Barbara Kolb (b. 1939), "L'Adieu", 1977-9, published 1979 [ soprano, alto flute, and guitar ], from Songs before an adieu, no. 5, New York, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "L'Adieu", 1945, published 1947, first performed 1945 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Deux mélodies sur des poèmes d'Apollinaire, no. 1, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
by Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959), "L'Adieu", 1930, from Trois Mélodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Matthieu Michard (b. 1988), "L'Adieu", first performed 2014 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "L'Adieu" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Jean Rivier (1896 - 1987), "L'Adieu", 1925-1926, published 1929 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Huit poèmes, no. 3, Éd. Maurice Sénart (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "L'Adieu", 1957, copyright © 1978, first performed 1958 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Complaintes, cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de G. Apollinaire, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Daniel Ruyneman (1886 - 1963), "L'Adieu", 1923, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Poèmes extraits de 'Alcools' de G. Apollinaire, no. 2, J. & W. Chester [sung text not yet checked]
by Guy Sacre (b. 1948), "L'Adieu", 1977, from 5 Poèmes d'Apollinaire, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Claude Tricot (b. 1926), "L'Adieu" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, recueil 2, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989); composed by Earl Kim.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 28