Que le diable emporte le spleen !

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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen!
Ich lieg' in einem Bett von Nesseln.
Auf einem Rost von glühenden Kohlen,
In einem Netz von ehrnen Fesseln!
Das Auge sehnt sich aus der Höhle,
Der Busen sehnt sich aus dem Mieder;
Ich wollt', es sehnte auch die Seele
Sich aus dem Leib und käm' nicht wieder!

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Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 9 [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 Johannes Driessler (1921 - 1998), "Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen", op. 10/3 no. 2 [ high voice and piano ], from Liebesreime: 10 Variationen auf Texte von Ricarda Huch, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen", op. 41 (6 Lieder für Alt (Sopran) und Klavier) no. 5 (1925) [ alto or soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-14
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Que le diable emporte le spleen !

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

Que le diable emporte le spleen !
Je me suis mise dans de beaux draps.
Sur un gril au-dessus de charbons ardents,
Dans un réseau de liens d'airain !
Le regard aspire à échapper à l'enfer,
La poitrine aspire à échapper à la guêpière ;
Le voudrais aussi que l'âme  aspire à échapper
Au corps et ne revienne jamais !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 56