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Du lehnest wider eine silberweide Am ufer · mit des fächers starren spitzen Umschirmest du das haupt dir wie mit blitzen Und rollst als ob du spieltest dein geschmeide. Ich bin im boot das laubgewölbe wahren In das ich dich vergeblich lud zu steigen.. Die weiden seh ich die sich tiefer neigen Und blumen die verstreut im wasser fahren.
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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 109.
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Du lehnest wider eine silberweide", op. 15 no. 13 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Et recolzes en un salze blanc", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "You lean against a silver willow", 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) , "Ti appoggi contro un salice", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 59
Tu t'appuies contre le saule argenté Près de la rivière, avec l'éventail aux pointes raides Tu protèges ta tête des éclairs Et tu roules, comme si tu jouais avec tes bijoux. Je suis dans le bateau que l'arche de feuillage protège, Dans lequel en vain je t'ai invitée à monter... Je vois les saules qui se penchent plus bas Et des fleurs qui vont éparpillées dans l'eau.
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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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-28
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Word count: 67