Zweifel | Es ist schon so lange

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by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair

Translation © by Georg Gädker

Doute

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: GER

Il y a si longtemps 
Que ton âme est en chemin,
A ce que m'ont dit les anges, 
Vers moi qui l'attends 
En joignant les mains,

Il y a si longtemps 
Que peut-être elle perdit la route 
Puisque je ne vois rien 
Au lointain des quatre chemins
Qui font croix au carrefour du doute. 

Voici venir le souffle froid 
Qui chasse oiseaux, soleil et feuilles, 
Et ramène brouillard et deuil 
Sur mon espoir et sur ma foi : 
Faudra-t-il m'en aller comme un qui n'attend plus
Et s'en retourne, en la nullité de la nuit, 
Vers la maison et vers l'ennui ?

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• N. Boulanger

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Confirmed with Camille Mauclair, Le Sang parle. Poèmes, Paris, Maison du Livre, 1904, pages 43-44.

Text Authorship:

by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair, "Doute", written 1904, appears in Le Sang parle, in 1. Émotions, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Maison du Livre, first published 1904 [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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Doute", published 1922 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Gädker) , "Zweifel", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Georg Gädker

This text was added to the website: 2022-06-23
Line count: 17
Word count: 103

Zweifel

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

Es ist schon so lange
Dass deine Seele auf dem Weg ist,
Zu dem, was die Engel mir gesagt haben,
Zu mir, der sie erwartet
Mit gefalteten Händen,

Es ist schon so lange her
Dass sie vielleicht den Weg verlor.
Da ich nichts sehe
In der Ferne vier Wege
Die sich schneiden an der Kreuzung des Zweifels.

Hier kommt der kalte Atem
Der Vögel, Sonne und Blätter vertreibt,
Und Nebel und Trauer zurückbringt
meiner Hoffnung und meinem Glauben:
Muss ich gehen wie einer, der nicht mehr wartet?
Und umkehrt in die Nichtigkeit der Nacht, 
Nach Hause und hin zum Verdruss?

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a text in French (Français) by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair, "Doute", written 1904, appears in Le Sang parle, in 1. Émotions, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Maison du Livre, first published 1904
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-20
Line count: 17
Word count: 102