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Il neige, il neige, De gros flocons Comme du coton, Qui tombent sur les toits tout blancs, Et les petits oiseaux peureux Se peletonnent entr'eux Avec des airs frileux, En fermant les yeux. Il neige, il neige, Tout est couvert d'un blanc manteau de neige! Il neige, il neige, Comme il fait froid Par les durs frimas, Qui glacent nos âmes d'effroi! Et se sentant très malheureux Les jeunes coeurs amoureux, Deux à deux Se réchauffent entr'eux. Il neige, il neige, Tout passe, tout s'efface sous la neige!
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- by Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Il neige" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Il neige" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "It is snowing", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 88
It is snowing, it is snowing in big flakes like cotton, that fall on the entirely white roofs, and the little fearful birds snuggle together, shivering, closing their eyes. It is snowing, it is snowing, everything is covered with a white cloak of snow! It is snowing, it is snowing. How cold it is in the hard wintry weather that freezes our souls with dread! And feeling themselves very unhappy, young loving hearts two by two, warm themselves together. It is snowing, it is snowing, Everything passes, everything disappears under the snow!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2004 by John Glenn Paton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Il neige"
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 92