Le doux automne de l'année 45. | Je peux dire comment s'est passé l'automne en cette année-là

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by Max Mell (1882 - 1971)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Der milde Herbst von anno 45

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Ich Uralter kanns erzählen, wie der Herbst durch jenes Jahr
Wie ein Strom rann und ein Spiegel hundert Abendrten war.

An Obstbäumen lehnten Leitern, knackten unter Eil und Fleiss,
Und die Kinder schmausten immer, und die Kranken lachten leis.

Auf dem Boden rochs nach Äpfeln, in den Kellern feucht nach Wein,
Und wer eine Sense ansah, dem fiel doch der Tod nicht ein.

War ein Herbst so lang wie jeder; Sonne sinkt und Stunde schlägt;
Doch an jedes Leben, schien uns, war ein Kleines zugelegt.

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Text Authorship:

by Max Mell (1882 - 1971) [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Der milde Herbst von anno 45", 1906-1907 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 66 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "La suau tardor de l’any 45", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le doux automne de l'année 45.", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-04
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Le doux automne de l'année 45.

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Je peux dire comment s'est passé l'automne en cette année-là,
Comment une rivière a coulé et un miroir

Aux arbres fruitiers, des échelles étaient appuyées, elles craquaient sous la précipitation et l'activité
Et les enfants se régalaient toujours, et les malades souriaient doucement.

Par terre, il y avait une odeur de pommes, les caves étaient humides de vin,
Et celui qui voyait une faux, la mort de le frappait pas.

L'automne fut aussi long que les autres ; le soleil se couchait et les heures sonnaient ;
Mais à chacun la vie, nous semblait-il, ajoutait un peu.

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