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Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses Ne reviendra plus à ce printemps-ci ; Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses Est passés, le temps des œillets aussi. Le vent a changé, les cieux sont moroses, Et nous n'irons plus courir, et cueillir Les lilas en fleur et les belles roses ; Le printemps est triste et ne peut fleurir. Oh ! joyeux et doux printemps de l'année, Qui vins, l'an passé, nous ensoleiller, Notre fleur d'amour est si bien fanée, Las ! que ton baiser ne peut l'éveiller! Et toi, que fais-tu ? pas de fleurs écloses, Point de gai soleil ni d'ombrages frais ; Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses Avec notre amour est mort à jamais.
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Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929), appears in Les poëmes de l'amour et de la mer, in 2. La mort de l'amour, no. 38, first published 1876 [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 Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Amour évanoui", 1883, published 1921? [ high voice and piano ], Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Isaac de Camondo (1851 - 1911), "Roses fanées" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Le temps des lilas" [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "La mort de l'amour", op. 19 no. 2 (1887), published 1893, orchestrated 1893 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer, no. 2
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il tempo dei lillà e il tempo delle rose", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Aliona Rostovskaya) , copyright © 2016, (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: 16
Word count: 120
The time of lilacs and the time of roses Will no longer come again to this spring; The time of lilacs and the time of roses Has passed, the time of carnations also. The wind has changed, the skies are morose, And we will no longer run to pick The lilacs in bloom and the beautiful roses; The spring is sad and cannot bloom. Oh! Joyful and gentle spring of the year, That came last year to bathe us in sunlight, Our flower of love is so wilted, Alas! that your kiss cannot awaken it! And you, what are you doing? No budding flowers, No bright sun at all nor cool shade, The time of lilacs and the time of roses, Along with our love, is dead forever.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929), appears in Les poëmes de l'amour et de la mer, in 2. La mort de l'amour, no. 38, first published 1876
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 128