Lettre d'amour | Devant ta chambre chante sans cesse

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Liebesbrief

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Vor deiner Kammer singt und singt
– so schreibst du, Kind – die Nachtigall,
und, dass der Sehnsucht bangen Schall,
dein Herz so wehvoll widerklingt!

Gedenkst du noch des Glückes all,
das uns tiefheimlich einst umringt?...
Vor deiner Kammer singt und singt
– so schreibst du, Kind - die Nachtigall.

Wenn heut ihr wiederum gelingt
ihr nächtlich süßer Überfall –:
Oh denk', ich sei's, der leichtbeschwingt
von seiner Sehnsucht Überschwall
vor deiner Kammer singt und singt!

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Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Liebesbrief", appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlass [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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Liebesbrief", op. 31 (Neun Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Lettre d'amour", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-20
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Word count: 76

Lettre d'amour

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

Devant ta chambre chante sans cesse
– écris-tu – le rossignol
Et l'accent apeuré du désir
Résonne douloureusement dans ton cœur !

Te souviens-tu encore de tout le bonheur
qui un jour nous a si intimement entouré ? …
Devant ta chambre chante sans cesse
– écris-tu, enfant – le rossignol.

Si aujourd'hui encore une fois t'atteignent
ses doux assauts nocturnes :
Ô pense que ce serait moi, mis d'humeur légère
par le flot débordant de son désir,
qui ne cesse de chanter devant ta chambre

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Liebesbrief", appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlass
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-03
Line count: 13
Word count: 84