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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Helle Nacht
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
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, und
die Weide schimmert.
Ihr Schatten flimmert
in seiner Flut, und
der Wind weint in den Bäumen:
wir träumen -- träumen --

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

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M. Reger sets stanzas 1-2
E. Zeisl sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Zweiter Band, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, pages 30-31


Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Helle Nacht", appears in Weib und Welt [an adaptation] [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 68

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