Ich blute und erkenn' mein Leben

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Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Je saigne en regardant ma vie

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Je saigne en regardant ma vie 
Qui va s'éloigner sur les flots ;
Mon âme unique m'est ravie
Et la sombre clameur des flots
Couvre le bruit de mes sanglots.

Qui sait si cette mer cruelle 
La ramènera vers mon cœur ?
Mes regards sont fixés sur elle;
La mer chante, et le vent moqueur
Raille l'angoisse de mon cœur.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Chausson

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Note: this part does not appear to be from Maurice Bouchor's La fleur des eaux.

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by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "La fleur des eaux", op. 19 no. 1 (1882), published 1917, first performed 1893, orchestrated 1893 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer, no. 1, Rouart & Lerolle

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ENG English (Korin Kormick) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-01
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Word count: 58

Ich blute und erkenn' mein Leben

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

Ich blute und erkenn' mein Leben,
das wegtreibt auf den Wogen;
mein Innerstes ist mir entrissen;
im düsteren Gedröhn der Brandung
geht mein lautes Schluchzen unter.

Wer weiß, ob dieses harte Meer
sie meinem Herzen jemals bringt zurück?
Mein Blick bleibt stets auf ihr;
es singt das Meer, spöttelnd verlacht der Wind
die Angst in meinem Herzen.

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