Parce que notre amour s'est si fort embrasé

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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Denn unsre Liebe hat zu heiß geflammt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Denn unsre Liebe hat zu heiß geflammt,
Die wir entrissen alten Göttermächten.
Von Sterblichen verdammt 
Schlug sie empor in unterirdschen Nächten. 

Sie loderte wie Fackeln überm Grab. 
Der Sterne Heer zerschmolz in ihrem Hauch,
Und troff auf sie herab. 
So schmolzen schmerzlich unsre Seelen auch. 

O Wohlgeruch, o Glut! O Lust und Glanz! 
O Qual, nie nah genug, so nah zusammen!
Empfang uns endlich ganz, 
Abgrund der Nacht, in deinen Liebesflammen.

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Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907 [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 Hans Altmann (1904 - 1961), "Denn unsre Liebe hat zu heiß geflammt", op. 36 (6 Lieder) no. 6, published c1963 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Denn unsre Liebe hat zu heiß geflammt", op. 35 no. 6 (1924) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Parce que notre amour s'est si fort...

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

Parce que notre amour s'est si fort embrasé,
Nous avons déchiré l'ancestrale puissance des dieux.
Condamné par les mortels,
Il carillonnait dans les nuits souterraines.

Il flamboyait comme des flambeaux sur une tombe.
Son souffle faisait se fondre la cohorte des étoiles,
Et s'abattait sur elles.
Nos âmes aussi se fondaient douloureusement.

Ô fragrance, ô incandescence! ô plaisir et brillance !
Ô douleur, jamais assez près, si près ensemble !
Accueille-nous enfin entièrement,
Précipice de la nuit, dans tes flammes d'amour.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
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Word count: 79