May 18, 2011 10:35
13 yrs ago
English term
Blackberry Winter
English to French
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
English
Everyone knows and “Indian Summer", but "Blackberry Winter”? Written by an American
Proposed translations
(French)
3 | l'hiver de mai | Anne-Marie Laliberté (X) |
3 +2 | Les saints de glace | Thierry Bourguet |
References
first time I hear about this | silvester55 |
Proposed translations
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l'hiver de mai
Une inspiration.... :o)
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-05-18 12:21:11 GMT)
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Blackberry winter comes without a warning
Just when you think that spring's around to stay
So you wake up on a cold rainy morning
And wonder what on earth became of May.
Blackberry winter only lasts a few days,
Just long enough to get you feeling sad
When you think of all the love that you wasted
On someone whom you never really had.
I'll never get over losing you
But I've had to learn that life goes on
And the memories grow dim like a half forgotten song
'Til the blackberry winter reminds me you are gone.
And I get so lonely, most of all in springtime
I wish I could enjoy the first of May
But I know it means that blackberry winter
Is not too far away.
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-05-18 12:21:11 GMT)
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Blackberry winter comes without a warning
Just when you think that spring's around to stay
So you wake up on a cold rainy morning
And wonder what on earth became of May.
Blackberry winter only lasts a few days,
Just long enough to get you feeling sad
When you think of all the love that you wasted
On someone whom you never really had.
I'll never get over losing you
But I've had to learn that life goes on
And the memories grow dim like a half forgotten song
'Til the blackberry winter reminds me you are gone.
And I get so lonely, most of all in springtime
I wish I could enjoy the first of May
But I know it means that blackberry winter
Is not too far away.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "More precise than hiver tardif - I go with it!"
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28 mins
Les saints de glace
Cela pourrait correspondre à nos "Saints de glace" : saint Mamert, saint Pancrace et saint Servais traditionnellement fêtés les 11, 12 et 13 mai de chaque année.
Mais quant à conserver le mot hiver ici...
http://membres.multimania.fr/jcboulay/astro/sommaire/stglace...
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Note added at 29 minutes (2011-05-18 11:04:58 GMT)
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A (mainly Southern) term used to describe a brief period of cold weather that coincides with the time the blackberries are in bloom, (typically in early to mid May)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/terms/go/1844
Mais quant à conserver le mot hiver ici...
http://membres.multimania.fr/jcboulay/astro/sommaire/stglace...
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Note added at 29 minutes (2011-05-18 11:04:58 GMT)
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A (mainly Southern) term used to describe a brief period of cold weather that coincides with the time the blackberries are in bloom, (typically in early to mid May)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/terms/go/1844
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Peer comment(s):
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FX Fraipont (X)
53 mins
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Merci FX.
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Johanne Bouthillier
: exactement
1 hr
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Merci.
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Marion Feildel (X)
4 hrs
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Merci Marion.
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Anne-Marie Laliberté (X)
: Je suis vraiment en désaccord avec cette transposition très ''hexagonale'' de l'expression ''blackberry winter''. Et puis comment l'intégrer dans le poème : la Fête des Saint-de-Glaces...saison des saints de glace ?!? Na.
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Reference comments
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Reference:
first time I hear about this
Oldtimers also knew that blackberries (Rubus fruticosus) need a cold snap to set buds on the blackberry canes, so as sure as night follows day, there will be a cold snap when the blackberries bloom, called Blackberry Winter. It comes with a somewhat less severe return of a continental polar air mass after the maritime tropical air masses have begun to dominate the weather.[1] In some areas, a late cold snap occurs with the blooming of the locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia) usually before the dogwoods bloom or the redbuds (Cercis canadensis). So you have Locust Winter, and Redbud Winter happening after the first flush of warm spring days and before Dogwood Winter and Blackberry Winter.
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Every gardener knows there are vagaries of weather following the first warm days in early spring, but not all gardeners know their names, or that they have names, and why. Old-timers in the Appalachians know there are several named "winters" following winter, and Blackberry Winter is perhaps the best known. There is also Dogwood Winter, Locust Winter, Whippoorwill Winter, Redbud Winter and even Linsey-Woolsey Britches Winter.
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-05-18 11:48:47 GMT)
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Every gardener knows there are vagaries of weather following the first warm days in early spring, but not all gardeners know their names, or that they have names, and why. Old-timers in the Appalachians know there are several named "winters" following winter, and Blackberry Winter is perhaps the best known. There is also Dogwood Winter, Locust Winter, Whippoorwill Winter, Redbud Winter and even Linsey-Woolsey Britches Winter.
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