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Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses Ne reviendra plus à ce printemps-ci ; Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses Est passés, le temps des œillets aussi. Le vent a changé, les cieux sont moroses, Et nous n'irons plus courir, et cueillir Les lilas en fleur et les belles roses ; Le printemps est triste et ne peut fleurir. Oh ! joyeux et doux printemps de l'année, Qui vins, l'an passé, nous ensoleiller, Notre fleur d'amour est si bien fanée, Las ! que ton baiser ne peut l'éveiller! Et toi, que fais-tu ? pas de fleurs écloses, Point de gai soleil ni d'ombrages frais ; Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses Avec notre amour est mort à jamais.
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Authorship
- by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929), appears in Les poëmes de l'amour et de la mer, in 2. La mort de l'amour, no. 38, first published 1876 [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 Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Amour évanoui", 1883, published 1921? [high voice and piano], Éd. J. Hamelle [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Isaac de Camondo (1851 - 1911), "Roses fanées" [high voice and piano], Éd. Enoch & Cie [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Le temps des lilas" [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "La mort de l'amour", op. 19 no. 2 (1887), published 1893, orchestrated 1893 [high voice and piano or orchestra], from Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer, no. 2.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il tempo dei lillà e il tempo delle rose", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Aliona Rostovskaya) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 126
Il tempo dei lillà, il tempo delle rose in questa primavera non è più ritornato; Il tempo dei lillà, il tempo delle rose E quello dei garofani, è ormai passato. Mutato è il vento, il cielo è annuvolato, più non andiamo a raccogliere, correndo, le rose più belle ed il lillà fiorito; triste è la primavera e non sta fiorendo. Oh! Dolce e gioiosa primavera del passato, che ci ha illuminato con il suo splendore, il nostro fiore d'amore è ormai tutto appassito, e il bacio tuo non lo può ridestare! E tu ora che fai? Senza più corolle dischiuse, né sole allegro, né ombrose frescure; il tempo dei lillà e il tempo delle rose per sempre è morto, come il nostro amore.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929), appears in Les poëmes de l'amour et de la mer, in 2. La mort de l'amour, no. 38, first published 1876
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 123