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Partir, c'est mourir un peu, C'est mourir à ce qu'on aime : On laisse un peu de soi-même En toute heure et dans tout lieu. C'est toujours le deuil d'un vœu, Le dernier vers d'un poème ; Partir, c'est mourir un peu, C'est mourir à ce qu'on aime. Et l'on part, et c'est un jeu, Et jusqu'à l'adieu suprême C'est son âme que l'on sème, Que l'on sème en chaque adieu : Partir, c'est mourir un peu.
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Confirmed with Edmond Haraucourt, Seul, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1891, page 12.
Text Authorship:
- by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), title 1: "Chanson de l'adieu", title 2: "Rondel de l'adieu", appears in Seul, in 1. L'attente, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891 [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 Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917), "Rondel de l'Adieu", <<1912 [ voice and piano ], from Seize mélodies, no. 45, Paris, Maurice Sénart, B. Roudanez et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernando d'Azevedo e Silva (1845 - 1923), "Rondel de l'adieu", published [1897] [ medium voice and piano ], Éditions A. Quinzard & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Guido Bianchini (1885 - 1971), "Rondel de l'Adieu", published [1909] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Delafosse (1874 - 1951), "Partir c'est mourir un peu", published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Édition 'Au Ménestrel', Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "Rondel de l'adieu", 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], from Solitudes, 15 poèmes de E. Haraucourt, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Chanson de l'adieu" [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies choisies, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Chanson de l'adieu", 1898, published 1902/3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry de Valgorge (flourished c1902), "Rondel de l'adieu" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Édition 'Comptoir Général de Musique', F. Durdilly [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Edmund Hodges) , "Song of Farewell", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas Ang) , "Song of Farewell", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Abschiedslied", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "Canción del adiós", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Thomas Ang
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 74
To part, is to die a little, Dying to the things we love: We leave a little of ourselves In each hour and each place. Always the grieving of a wish The closing verse of a poem; To part, is to die a little, Dying to the things we love. And in parting, just a game, Yet until the final goodbye With our souls, we leave Our marks at each farewell: To part, is to die a little.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2009 by Thomas Ang, (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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), title 1: "Chanson de l'adieu", title 2: "Rondel de l'adieu", appears in Seul, in 1. L'attente, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-19
Line count: 13
Word count: 78