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French (Français) translations of Sechs Lieder, opus 1

by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956)

1. Helle Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Helle Nacht", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [ medium voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weich küßt die Zweige
der weiße Mond.
Ein Flüstern wohnt
im Laub, als neige,
als schweige sich der Hain zur Ruh:
Geliebte du --

Der Weiher [ruht]1, und
die Weide schimmert.
Ihr Schatten flimmert
in seiner Flut, und
der Wind weint in den Bäumen:
wir träumen -- [träumen]2 --

Die [Weiten]3 leuchten
Beruhigung.
Die Niederung
hebt bleich den feuchten
Schleier hin zum Himmelssaum:
o hin -- o Traum -- --

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Helle Nacht", appears in Weib und Welt [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870
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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Zweiter Band, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, pages 30-31

1 Grimm: "ruft"
2 Grimm, Reger: "wir träumen"; Zeisl: "vom Glück"
3 Grimm: "Welten"

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
1. Nuit claire
Language: French (Français) 
La  lune blanche doucement
Embrasse la ramée,
Un murmure habite le feuillage
tandis que le bois s'incline,
se tait, tend vers le repos :
Ô bien-aimée …

L'étang [se repose]1,
Et le saule brille.
Son ombre scintille
Sur ses eaux, et
Le vent pleure dans les arbres:
Nous rêvons … [rêvons]2 …

Les [lointains]3 rayonnent
L'apaisement.
Les fonds
Blêmes élèvent un voile humide
Vers la lisière du ciel :
Ô là-bas … ô rêve

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 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 Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Helle Nacht", appears in Weib und Welt [an adaptation]
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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870
    • Go to the text page.

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Note du traducteur : ce texte est la traduction du texte de R Dehmel qui n'est pas du tout fidèle au texte français de Paul Verlaine.

1 Grimm : "appelle"
2 Grimm : "nous rêvons"
3 Grimm : "mondes"


This text was added to the website: 2018-06-06
Line count: 18
Word count: 76

Translation © by Pierre Mathé
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