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"Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song") is a poem by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), one of the best known in the French language. It is included in Verlaine's first collection, Poèmes saturniens, published in 1866 (see 1866 in poetry). The poem forms part of the "Paysages tristes" ("Sad landscapes") section of the collection. [1]
Autumn Song. translated by Arthur Symons. When a sighing begins In the violins Of the autumn-song, My heart is drowned In the slow sound Languorous and long. Pale as with pain, Breath fails me when The hours toll deep. My thoughts recover The days that are over, And I weep. And I go Where the winds know, Broken and brief, To and fro, As the ...
‘Autumn Song’ is a famous poem by French poet Paul Verlaine that uses the emotive imagery of autumn to articulate his bittersweet feelings toward growing old.
“Autumn Song” is the most famous poem from the collection of verse known as Poèmes saturniens (Saturnian poems), published when Paul Verlaine was only twenty-two years old.
Paul Verlaine - Chanson d'automne lyrics (French) + English translation: The long sighs / Of the violins / Of autumn / Hurt my heart / With a languor /.
PDF Cite. “Autumn Song” is a poem whose intent is to create a literary atmosphere. Verlaine chooses familiar concerns—melancholia, nostalgia, and so on—and attempts to show his ...
20 wrz 2012 · When the allies were ready to land on the coasts of Normandy, they announced the news to the French Resistance by means of this poem, first published in 1866: “Chanson d’automne” (“Autumn Song”) by Paul Verlaine, one of the most famous poets of French language, belonging to his “Poèmes saturniens.”
