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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)
Translation © by Grant Hicks
Il pleut des pétales de fleurs
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Il pleut des pétales de fleurs. La flamme se courbe au vent tiède ; De mes deux yeux je te possède, Et mes yeux ont besoin de pleurs. Vieille argile, faite aux douleurs, Quel goût de souffrir sans remède Harcèle ainsi le cœur qui cède... Il pleut des pétales de fleurs. Les roses meurent, chaque et toutes... Je ne dis rien, et tu m'écoutes Sous tes immobiles cheveux. L'amour est lourd — Mon âme est lasse... Quelle est donc, Chère, sur nous deux Cette aile en silence qui passe ?
H. Hadley sets stanzas 1-4, 1(line1)
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Albert Samain, Au Jardin de l'Infante, Paris: Société du Mercure de France, 1907, pages 23-24.
Text Authorship:
- by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), no title, written 1890, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, in 1. Les Heures d'été, no. 6, first published 1890 [author's text checked 2 times 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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", op. 14 no. 6 (1906), published 1908-1910 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les heures d'été, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 14, Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Bertelin (1872 - 1951), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", published 1909 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons intimes. Poésies de A. Samain, no. 4, Paris, Éd. E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]
- by Madeleine Dubois (1892 - 1969), "Heures d'été", published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vittorio Gui (1885 - 1975), "Heure d'été", 1908, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinque Liriche, no. 1, Rome, Margiotta [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", op. 49 (Two songs) no. 2, published 1909, stanzas 1-4,1(line1), also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Lacombe (1837 - 1927), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", published [1910] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Enoch & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabrielle Lange-Clairny , "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Édition J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by May (Toupie) Lowther (1874? - 1944), "Heures d'été", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", published 1906 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes du silence - vibrations musicales - 2ème série, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphe Piriou (1878 - 1964), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", op. 1 no. 4 (1905), published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Les Heures d'été, no. 4, Éd. Société d'éditions musicales (Ancien fonds Pierre Dupont) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Heures d'été, no. 3, Éd. Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc (1875 - 1956), "Heures d'été", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies, recueil 1, no. 6, Paris, Édition Francis Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939), "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", op. 46 (Trois Lieder) no. 2 (1912) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jacques Vaucamps , "Il pleut des pétales de fleurs", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Heures d'été, no. 6, Éd. Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913) ; composed by Henry Kimball Hadley.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 88
It's raining flower petals
Language: English after the French (Français)
It's raining flower petals. The flame bends in the tepid wind; With my two eyes I possess you, And my eyes have need of tears. Ancient clay, made for sorrows, What a taste for irremediable suffering So hounds the yielding heart... It's raining flower petals. The roses die, one and all... I say nothing, and you listen Beneath your unmoving tresses. Love is heavy — my soul is weary... What then, my dear, is this wing That passes over the two of us in silence?
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of titles:
"Heure d'été" = "Summer Hour"
"Heures d'été" = "Summer Hours"
"Il pleut des pétales de fleurs" = "It's raining flower petals"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (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.
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), no title, written 1890, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, in 1. Les Heures d'été, no. 6, first published 1890
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 85