L'été est loin | Il arrive un signal comme un espion

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Summer is away

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

There comes a warning like a spy
A shorter breath of Day
A stealing that is not a stealth
And [Summers are]¹ away --

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. Hersant

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¹ Hersant: "Summer is"

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Summer is away", 2006 [children's chorus and piano], from Sept Poèmes d'Emily Dickinson, no. 2, Éditions Durand [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "L'été est loin", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-05
Line count: 4
Word count: 24

L'été est loin

Language: French (Français) after the English

Il arrive un signal comme un espion
Un souffle plus court du Jour
Un vol qui n'est pas à la dérobée
Et les Étés sont loin

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Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-06
Line count: 4
Word count: 26