Esprit de Noël | Le temps plein de joie approche

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by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Weihnachtsgefühl

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

  Naht die jubelvolle Zeit[,]
Kommt auch mir ein Sehnen;
Längst entflohner Seligkeit
Denk ich nach mit Tränen.
 
   Und ich schaue, wie im Traum,
Ihren fernen Schimmer
Weben um den Weihnachtsbaum,
Kehrt sie selbst auch nimmer.

Confirmed with Wartburgstimmen, Zweiter Jahrgang, 2, 1904, page 352.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Weihnachtsgefühl" [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 Rudi Stephan (1887 - 1915), "Weihnachtsgefühl", 1905 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Weihnachtsgefühl", WoO. 94 (1899) [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Esperit de Nadal", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Christmas mood", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Esprit de Noël", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Esprit de Noël

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Le temps plein de joie approche,
Un désir ardent me vient aussi,
Un bonheur qui s'est envolé il y a longtemps,
J'y pense avec des larmes.

Et je vois comme dans un rêve
Son éclat lointain
S'agiter autour de l'arbre de Noël,
Sans jamais se retourner.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Weihnachtsgefühl"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-09
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Word count: 46