Autumn | Let us profit from the days of autumn

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by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)

Translation © by Rachel O'Connell

Automne

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Profitons bien des jours d'automne
Où, dans les cieux,
Semble errer la langueur
Plaintive des adieux...
Profitons bien des jours d'automne.

Je me souviens de tendres choses
Que se racontaient les amants;
Ils faisaient d'éternels serments...
Tout bas...
Quand fleurissaient les roses!

Profitons bien des jours d'automne
Ou, dans le cieux,
Semble errer la langueur
Plaintive des adieux...
Profitons bien des jours d'automne.

Hélas!  Le destin qui nous pouse
Est quelquefois si rigoureux!..
Reviendrez vous, beaux amoureux,
Quand reviendra la saison douce?..

Profitons bien des jours d'automne!..

Text Authorship:

by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915) [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Automne", published 1877 [voice and piano], from Poème d'Octobre, no. 2, Paris: G. Hartmann [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Rachel O'Connell) , title 1: "Autumn", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Rachel O'Connell

This text was added to the website: 2006-05-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 87

Autumn

Language: English after the French (Français)

Let us profit from the days of autumn
Where in the heavens,
There seems to languor
Plaintive goodbyes...
Let us profit from the days of autumn

I remember the tender things
That the lovers told each other;
They made eternal vows...
All below...
When flowered with roses!

Let us profit from the days of autumn
Where in the heavens,
There seems to languor
Plaintive goodbyes...
Let us profit from the days of autumn

Alas!  The destiny which pushes us,
Is sometimes so rigorous!..
Return handsome lovers,
When will the sweet season return?..

Let us profit from the days of autumn!...

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)
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This text was added to the website: 2006-05-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 100