Melisande's song
Language: English after the French (Français)
The King's three blind daughters
Sit locked in a hold.
In the darkness their lamps
Make a glimmer of gold.
Up the stair of the turret
The sisters are gone,
Seven days they wait there
And the lamps they burn on.
"What hope?" says the first,
And leans o'er the flame.
"I hear our lamps burning.
O yet! if he came!"
"O hope!" says the second,
"Was that the lamps' flare,
Or a sound of low footsteps?
The Prince on the stair!"
But the holiest sister
She turns her about:
"O no hope now for ever,
Our lamps are gone out!"
Translation(s): GER
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Submitted by Bertram Kottmann
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Settings in other languages or adaptations:
- Also set in French (Français), original text by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949) , no title, 1896-1900, from Quinze Chansons, no. 5 ENG SWE by Jean Sibelius, Jean Absil.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown ENG by Jean Sibelius.
Other available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Melisandes Lied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2005-03-01.
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Word count: 101
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Melisandes Lied
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Des Königs drei Töchter,
gefangen und blind,
der Schein ihrer Lampen
das Dunkel durchdringt.
So steigen im Burgturm
die Stufen sie hoch,
sieben Tage am warten -
ihr Licht leuchtet noch.
Voll Hoffnung die erste
zur Flamme sich neigt.
Ich höre sie brennen,
ach , träf' er bald ein!
Ist's das Flackern der Flamme,
ist's des Prinzen Schritt?
Die zweite der Schwestern
fragt's und hofft mit.
Die Frömmste der Dreien
erkennt es mit Graus:
Die Hoffnung erloschen,
die Lampen sind aus.
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