Sur la mer de mon âme | Sur la mer de mon âme

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Auf dem Meere meiner Seele

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Auf dem Meere meiner Seele
Fliehen lustig weiße Segel,
Meine hellen Schwangedanken,
Vor dem Südwind meines Blutes.

Draußen hängt in grauen Fetzen
Sommerlicher Dauerregen -
Auf dem Meere meine Seele
Fliehen lustig meine Segel.

Sonne lacht mit blauen Augen
Auf die fröhliche Regatta; -
Alle trüben Herzen möcht ich
Laden heut zum Segelfeste
Auf dem Meere meiner Seele!

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Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Nachlese zu Ich und die Welt [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 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Auf dem Meere meiner Seele", 1934, published 1979, note: formerly opus 22 no. 6. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Sur la mer de mon âme", copyright © 2011, (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.
Line count: 13
Word count: 56

Sur la mer de mon âme

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

Sur la mer de mon âme
De blanches voiles s'enfuient gaiment,
Mes lumineuses pensées de cygne,
Devant le suroît de mon sang.

Au large pendent les gris lambeaux
Des pluies de deuil estivales --
Sur la mer de mon âme
De blanches voiles s'enfuient gaiment,

Les yeux bleus du soleil rient
Aux joyeuses régates --
Aujourd'hui j'aimerais inviter
Tous les cœurs mélancoliques à la fête de la voile
Sur la mer de mon âme !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 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 Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Nachlese zu Ich und die Welt
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-22
Line count: 13
Word count: 72