Le luth lointain | Un soir dans le vent obscur, j'entendis

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die ferne Laute

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Chinese (中文)

Our translations: FRE

Eines Abends hört' ich im dunkeln Wind
eine ferne Laute ins Herz mir dringen.
Und ich nahm die meine im dunkeln Wind,
die sollte der andern Antwort singen.
Seitdem hören nachts die Vögel im Wind
manch Gespräch in ihrer Sprache erklingen.
Ich bat auch die Menschen, sie möchten lauschen,
aber die Menschen verstanden mich nicht.
Da ließ ich mein Lied vom Himmel belauschen,
und da saßen nachts um mein Herzenslicht
die Unsterblichen mit hellem Gesicht.
Seitdem verstehn auch die Menschen zu lauschen
und schweigen, wenn meine Laute spricht.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Die ferne Laute" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "春夜洛城闻笛"
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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):

by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Die ferne Laute", from 5 Lieder nach altchinesischen Texten, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le luth lointain", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-06
Line count: 13
Word count: 88

Le luth lointain

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

Un soir dans le vent obscur, j'entendis
au loin un luth qui me perça le cœur.
Et je pris le mien dans le vent obscur
pour qu'en retour il chante avec l'autre.
Depuis, la nuit, les oiseaux entendent dans le vent
résonner maintes conversations dans leur langue.
J'invitai aussi les hommes, ils auraient voulu entendre,
mais les hommes ne me comprennent pas.
Alors je fis écouter ma chanson par le ciel,
et la nuit, autour de la lumière de mon cœur s'assirent
les immortels au visage lumineux
Depuis les hommes savent s'y prendre pour écouter,
et faire silence, lorsque chante mon luth.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Die ferne Laute"
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Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "春夜洛城闻笛"
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-29
Line count: 13
Word count: 102