by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930)
Adieu
Language: French (Français)
Comme tout meurt vite, la rose Déclose, Et les frais manteaux diaprés Des prés; Les longs soupirs, les bienaimées, Fumées! On voit dans ce monde léger Changer, Plus vite que les flots des grèves, Nos rêves, Plus vite que le givre en fleurs, Nos coeurs! À vous l'on se croyait fidèle, Cruelle, Mais hélas! les plus longs amours Sont courts! Et je dis en quittant vos charmes, Sans larmes, Presqu'au moment de mon aveu, Adieu!
Authorship:
- by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850 - 1930), written 1874 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Adieu", op. 21 no. 3 (1878), published 1880, first performed 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poëme d'un jour, no. 3, Éd. Durand & Fils [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Adéu", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Farewell", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Abschied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Addio", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (unknown or anonymous translator) , written 2009
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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