Elegy | O sweet springtimes of old verdant seasons

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by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898)

Translation © by Anne Evans

Élégie

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Ô, doux printemps d'autre fois, vertes saisons, 
Vous avez fui pour toujours!
Je ne vois plus le ciel bleu;
Je n'entends plus les chants joyeux des oiseaux!
En emportant mon bonheur, mon bonheur...
Ô bien-amé, tu t'en es allé!
Et c'est en vain que [le printemps revient!]¹
Oui, sans retour, 
avec toi, le gai soleil,
Les jours riants sont partis!
Comme en mon coeur tout est sombre et glacé!
Tout est flétri 
pour toujours!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Massenet

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¹ Massenet: "revient le printemps!"

Text Authorship:

by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898) [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Élégie", 1901 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Élégie", 1869?72, published 1875 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Elegy", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Elegía", copyright © 2020, (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: 13
Word count: 75

Elegy

Language: English after the French (Français)

 O sweet springtimes of old verdant seasons
 You have fled forever
 I no longer see the blue sky
 I no longer hear the bird's joyful singing
 And, taking my happiness with you
 You have gone on your way my love!
 In vain Spring returns
 Yes, never to return
 The bright sun has gone with you
 The days of happiness have fled
 How gloomy and cold is my heart
 All is withered
 Forever

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 73