La ville d'ivoire | Bâtis-moi la ville d'ivoire

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Stadt aus Elfenbein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Bau mir die Stadt aus Elfenbein,
die Silberflut umschäume!
Durchs Tor der Träume zieht man ein.
Bau mir die Stadt aus Elfenbein,
die Stadt der Träume!

Die ungebornen Geister auch
begehren ihr Gefilde.
Erschaffe Welt zu ihrem Brauch, -
die ungebornen Geister auch
begehren Weltgebilde.

Auf sieben Hügeln baue sie,
die Silberflut umsäume;
die Elfengeister-Kolonie -
auf sieben Hügeln baue sie,
die Stadt der Träume!

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein", appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlass [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 Rudolf Jaggi (b. 1940), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein", 1997 [voice and piano], from Drei Morgenstern-Lieder, no. 1. [
text not verified
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by Ernest Vietor (fl. 1905-1930), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein", op. 11 no. 4 (1933-4). [
text not verified
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by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein" [
text not verified
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La ville d'ivoire", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-30
Line count: 15
Word count: 63

La ville d'ivoire

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

Bâtis-moi la ville d'ivoire,
entourée d'un flot d'argent écumant !
On y entre par la porte des rêves.
Bâtis-moi la ville d'ivoire,
la ville des rêves !

Les esprits pas encore nés
désirent aussi ses paysages.
Crée un monde à son usage,
Les esprits pas encore nés
désirent aussi les paysages du monde.

Construis-la sur sept collines,
entourée d'un flot d'argent écumant ;
la colonie des esprits des elfes --
Construis-la sur sept collines,
la ville des rêves !

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein", appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlass
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-16
Line count: 15
Word count: 74