Si jamais nous ne nous aimions plus comme nous nous aimons | Si jamais nous ne nous aimions plus comme nous nous aimons

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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Wenn je wir nicht mehr liebten, wie wir...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Wenn je wir nicht mehr liebten, wie wir lieben,
Wenn je du mich vergäßest, ich dich ließe,
Dann glaubt' ich keinem Gott mehr, wie er hieße,
Keins seiner Worte mehr, wo's auch geschrieben.
Dann glaubt' ich nicht an Zeichen mehr und Sterne,
Und keinen Schwur mehr, den die Menschheit schwört -
Ach, auf mein Herz horcht' ich nur noch von ferne,
Wie man den Specht im Walde klopfen hört.

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Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 58 [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 Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Wenn je wir nicht mehr liebten", op. 41 (6 Lieder für Alt (Sopran) und Klavier) no. 4 (1925) [ alto or soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Si jamais nous ne nous aimions plus comme nous nous aimons", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-24
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Word count: 68

Si jamais nous ne nous aimions plus comme nous nous aimons

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

Si jamais nous ne nous aimions plus comme nous nous aimons,
Si jamais tu m'oubliais, si je te quittais,
Alors je ne croirais plus en aucun dieu, quel qu'il soit,
À aucune de ses paroles, où qu'elle soient écrites.
Et puis je ne croirais plus aux signes ni aux étoiles,
Et plus à aucun serment que jurent les hommes --
Ah, je n'écouterais plus mon cœur que de loin,
Comme on entend le pic tambouriner dans la forêt.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 58
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 77