Demain | Où trouverai-je une rose blanche en fleur ?

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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

To‑morrow

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Where shall I find a white rose blowing ?
Out in the garden where all sweets be.
But out in my garden the snow was snowing,
And never a white rose opened for me,
Nought but snow and wind were blowing
   And snowing.

Where shall I find a red rose budding ?
Out in the garden where all things grow.
But out in my garden a flood was flooding
And never a red rose began to blow.
Out in a flooding what should be budding ?
   All flooding !

Now is winter and now is sorrow,
No roses but only thorns to-day :
Thorns will put on roses to-morrow,
Winter and sorrow scudding away.
No more winter and no more sorrow
   To-morrow.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Scott

Text Authorship:

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) [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 Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "To-morrow", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], London : Elkin [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Demain", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Robbert Muuse

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-17
Line count: 18
Word count: 117

Demain

Language: French (Français) after the English

Où trouverai-je une rose blanche en fleur ?
Dans le jardin où tout est parfumé.
Mais dans mon jardin, la neige tombait,
Et jamais une rose blanche ne s'est ouverte pour moi,
Seuls soufflaient la neige et le vent
   Et il neigeait

Où trouverai-je une rose rouge en bouton ?
Dans le jardin où toutes choses poussent.
Mais une inondation recouvrait mon jardin,
Et jamais une rose rouge n'a commencé à s'épanouir.
Que pourrait bien bourgeonner dans une inondation ?
   Tout est inondé !

Maintenant c’est l’hiver et le chagrin,
Aujourd’hui pas de roses, mais seulement des épines :
Les épines se couvriront de roses demain,
L’hiver et le chagrin s’enfuiront.
Plus d’hiver et plus de chagrin
   Demain

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a text in English by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-17
Line count: 18
Word count: 113