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by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898)
Translation © by Anne Evans

Élégie
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Ô, doux printemps d'autre fois, vertes saisons, 
Vous avez fui pour toujours!
Je ne vois plus le ciel bleu;
Je n'entends plus les chants joyeux des oiseaux!
En emportant mon bonheur, mon bonheur...
Ô bien-amé, tu t'en es allé!
Et c'est en vain que [le printemps revient!]1
Oui, sans retour, 
avec toi, le gai soleil,
Les jours riants sont partis!
Comme en mon coeur tout est sombre et glacé!
Tout est flétri 
pour toujours!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Massenet 

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1 Massenet: "revient le printemps!"

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Elegy", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Elegía", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 74

Elegy
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
 O sweet springtimes of old verdant seasons
 You have fled forever
 I no longer see the blue sky
 I no longer hear the bird's joyful singing
 And, taking my happiness with you
 You have gone on your way my love!
 In vain Spring returns
 Yes, never to return
 The bright sun has gone with you
 The days of happiness have fled
 How gloomy and cold is my heart
 All is withered
 Forever

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Anne Evans, (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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 72