Fremde Geige, gehst du mir nach? In wieviel Städten schon sprach deine einsame Nacht zu meiner? Spielen dich hunderte? Spielt dich einer? Giebt es in allen großen Städten solche, die sich ohne dich schon in den den Flüssen verloren hätten? Und warum trifft es immer mich? Warum bin ich immer der Nachbar derer, die ich bange zwingend zu singen und zu sagen: Das Leben ist schwerer als die Schwere von allen Dingen.
The Violin Sings in a Common Language
Song Cycle by Stanley Grill (b. 1953)
1. Der Nachbar [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Der Nachbar", written 1902/3, appears in Das Buch der Bilder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Le voisin", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Chanson d'Automne [sung text checked 1 time]
Les sanglots longs Des violons De l'automne Blessent mon cœur D'une langueur Monotone. Tout suffocant Et blême, quand Sonne l'heure, Je me souviens Des jours anciens Et je pleure ; Et je m'en vais Au vent mauvais Qui m'emporte Deçà, delà, Pareil à la Feuille morte.
Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Chanson d'automne", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 5, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The long sobs", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Judith Kellock) , "Song of autumn", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Autumn song", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Autumn Song", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 5
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Herbstlied", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Herbstgesang", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Herbstlied", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Árpád Tóth) , "Őszi chanson"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone d'autunno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Teresa Prażmowska) , "Pieśń jesienna", first published 1889
- POL Polish (Polski) (Barbara Beaupré) , "Jesienna pieśń"
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 57-58.
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
3. Casida del llanto [sung text checked 1 time]
He cerrado mi balcón por que no quiero oír el llanto pero por detrás de los grises muros no se oye otra cosa que el llanto. Hay muy pocos ángeles que canten, hay muy pocos perros que ladren, mil violines caben en la palma de mi mano. Pero el llanto es un perro inmenso, el llanto es un ángel inmenso, el llanto es un violín inmenso, las lágrimas amordazan al viento, no se oye otra cosa que el llanto.
Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida del llanto", written 1936, appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Sell me a violin, mister, of old mysterious wood. Sell me a fiddle that has kissed dark nights on the forehead where men kiss sisters they love. Sell me dried wood that has ached with passion clutching the knees and arms of a storm. Sell me horsehair and rosin that has sucked at the breasts of the morning sun for milk. Sell me something crushed in the heartsblood of pain readier than ever for one more song.
Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), appears in Cornhuskers [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
5. Haiku [sung text checked 1 time]
in die herfs [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Charl Jean Francois Cilliers (b. 1941), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Total word count: 282