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Adieu

Language: French

Comme tout meurt vite, la rose
Déclose,
Et les frais manteaux diaprés
Des prés; 
Les longs soupirs, les bienaimées,
Fumées!

On voit dans ce monde léger
Changer,
Plus vite que les flots des grèves,
Nos rêves,
Plus vite que le givre en fleurs,
Nos coeurs!

À vous l'on se croyait fidèle,
Cruelle,
Mais hélas! les plus longs amours
Sont courts!
Et je dis en quittant vos charmes,
Sans larmes, 
Presqu'au moment de mon aveu,
Adieu!


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 (or transliterations, if applicable):
    * ENG English (Douglas Watt-Carter)
    * GER German (Nele Gramss)
    * SPA Spanish (unknown or anonymous translator)
    * ITA Italian (Enrico Magnani)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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