J'étais une montagne

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ich stand, ein Berg

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Ich stand, ein Berg, 
still und einsam. 
Da kamst du 
und zerschmolzest 
das Erz meiner Adern! 

Nun bricht es vulkanisch heraus, 
ein Schrecken dem Wandrer, 
ein Schrecken mir selber. 
Verdorrt steht 
mein blühender Schmuck, 
stumm 
meiner Quellen Gespräch, 
und langsam 
verrinnt 
mein Blut 
um dich ...

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Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und die Welt, in Schicksale der Liebe, no. 1 [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):

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 45

J'étais une montagne

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

J'étais une montagne
silencieux et solitaire.
Alors tu vins
et tu fis fondre
l'airain de mes veines !

Alors déferle comme d'un volcan
la frayeur sur le passant
la frayeur sur moi-même.
Mon décor fleuri
est là, desséché,
silencieuse 
la conversation de mes sources,
et lentement
s'écoule
mon sang
autour de toi ...

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und die Welt, in Schicksale der Liebe, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 51