by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)
Translation by Ludwig Andreas Gotter (1661 - 1735)
Que le jour me dure!
Language: French (Français)
Que le [jour]1 me dure! Passé loin de toi, toute la nature n'est plus rien pour moi. Le plus vert bocage, [quand]2 tu n'y viens pas, n'est qu'un lieu sauvage, pour moi, sans appas. Hélas! si je passe Un jour sans te voir, Je cherche ta trace Dans mon désespoir... Quand je t'ai perdue, Je reste à pleurer, Mon âme éperdue Est près d'expirer. Le coeur me palpite Quand j'entends ta voix, Tout mon sang s'agite Dès que je te vois; Ouvres-tu la bouche, Les cieux vont s'ouvrir... Si ta main me touche, Je me sens frémir.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Beethoven, Zumsteeg: "temps"
2 Beethoven, Zumsteeg: "Si"
Text Authorship:
- by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), "Romance" [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Que le temps me dure", WoO. 116 (1793) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Heinrich Carl Bornhardt (1774 - 1840), "Chanson", 1814+ [sung text not yet checked]
- by Octave Fouque (1844 - 1883), "Que le jour me dure !", published [1879] [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies pour chant, no. 3, Paris, Éd. G. Hartmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jacob Paul Küffner (1727 - 1786), "Romance", published [1784] [ high voice and piano ], from Recueil de romances et de chansons avec accompagnement de piano forte, no. 2, Paris, Éd. gravée par Madame Oger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Massé (1822 - 1884), "Que le jour me dure" [ high voice and piano ], from Troisième recueil de mélodies de V. Massé, no. 1, Éditions Léon Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Ariette à l'ancienne" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol III: Morceaux réservés, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Ariette villageoise" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol XI: Miscellanée de musique vocale, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), "Air de trois notes" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796 - 1857), "Que le temps me dure" [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ludwig Andreas Gotter (1661 - 1735) ; composed by Norbert Burgmüller, Franz Danzi, Anton Diabelli, Joh. Chr. Jusdorf, Carl Loewe, Franz Xaver Mozart, Friedrich Johann Albrecht Muck, Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter, Gottlieb Streitwolf.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , "Sehnsucht" [an adaptation] ; composed by Ignaz Brüll, Josephine Lang, Friedrich Silcher.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by John [Jacques] Jacobsson.
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Héctor Vicencio
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 97
Wie der Tag mir schleichet
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Wie der Tag mir schleichet Ohne dich vollbracht; Die Natur [erbleichet]1, Rings um mich wird's Nacht. Ohne dich hüllt alles Sich in [Schlummer]2 ein, Und zur öden Wüste Wird der [grüne]3 Hain. Kommt der Abend endlich [Ohne dich herab, Lauf' ich bang und suche Dich Berg auf Berg ab:]4 Hab' ich dich verloren, Bleib' ich weinend stehn, Glaub' in [Schmerz]5 versunken [Weinend]6 zu vergehn. Wie ich ahnend zittre, Wenn dein [Trill]7 erschallt ! Wenn ich dich erblicke, Wie das Blut mir wallt ! Öffnest du die Lippen, [Klopft mein banges]8 Herz, Deine [Handberührung]9 Reisst mich himmelwärts !
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Burgmüller, Diabelli, Mozart: "erblasset"
2 Burgmüller, Mozart: "Trauer"
3 Burgmüller, Mozart: "schönste"
4 Burgmüller, Mozart: "Ohne dich heran,/ Lauf ich bald und suche/ Dich bergauf , bergan;"
5 Burgmüller, Mozart: "Gram"
6 Burgmüller, Mozart: "Langsam"
7 Burgmüller, Mozart: "Tritt"
8 Burgmüller, Mozart: "Klopfet mir das"
9 Burgmüller, Mozart: "Hand berühren"
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), "Romance"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (August Joseph) Norbert Burgmüller (1810 - 1836), "Wie der Tag mir schleichet", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1827-36?), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Wie der Tag mir schleichet", op. 74 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3, P 201 no. 3, published 1825 [ chorus and piano ], Leipzig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Diabelli (1781 - 1858), "Die entfernte Geliebte", op. 98 (Lieder der Liebe und Zärtlichkeit, mit Begleitung der Gitarre und willkürlicher Flöte) no. 3 [ voice, guitar, and flute ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joh. Chr. Jusdorf , "Klage", published 1798 [ voice, guitar, and flute ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "An die Geliebte", op. 9, Heft 3 no. 3 (1817) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Mozart (1791 - 1844), "Aus dem Französischen des J.J. Rousseau", op. 21 no. 1 (1820) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Johann Albrecht Muck (1763 - 1839), "Lied", published [1793], Leipzig: Gedruckt in der Breitkopfischen notendruckerey [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Carl) Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810 - 1849), "Wie der Tag mir schleicht", op. 15 (Zwei Duette für Sopran und Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1832 [ vocal duet for soprano and bass with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751 - 1802), "Lied", published 1794 [ voice and piano ], from Gesaenge mit Begleitung des Fortepiano von Corona Schroeter, zweyte Sammlung, no. 8, Weimar: In Commission bey dem Industrie Comptoir [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gottlieb Streitwolf (1779 - 1837), "Wie der Tag mir schleichet" [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John H. Campbell , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 95