by
Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
Streng ist uns das glück und spröde ·
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA
Streng ist uns das glück und spröde ·
Was vermocht ein kurzer kuss?
Eines regentropfens guss
Auf gesengter bleicher öde
Die ihn ungenossen schlingt ·
Neue labung missen muss
Und vor neuen gluten springt.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 107.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Austera ens és la felicitat i fràgil", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Happiness is severe with us and aloof", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dura è per noi la felicità, e fragile", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Sévère et dur nous est le bonheur
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Sévère et dur nous est le bonheur,
De quoi est capable un bref baiser ?
Une goutte d'eau qui fond
Sur une solitude torride et blafarde,
Qui l'engloutit sans jouir,
Qui doit être privé d'un nouveau réconfort
Avant qu'un nouveau feu jaillisse.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 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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