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by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)

Partir, c'est mourir un peu
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG GER SPA
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.

About the headline (FAQ)

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

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