En avril | Toi, soirée mouillée de printemps

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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Du feuchter Frühlingsabend

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Du feuchter Frühlingsabend,
Wie hab' ich dich so gern --
Der Himmel wolkenverhangen,
Nur hier und da ein Stern.

Wie leiser Liebesodem
Hauchet so lau die Luft,
Es steigt aus allen Thalen
Ein warmer Veilchenduft.

Ich möcht' ein Lied ersinnen,
Das diesem Abend gleich;
Und kann den Klang nicht finden
So dunkel, mild und weich.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel, Neununddreißigste Auflage, Berlin, Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1855, page 26.

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im April", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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En avril

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

Toi, soirée mouillée de printemps,
Comme je t'aime !
Le ciel est couvert de nuages,
Seule une étoile ici et là.

Comme un léger effluve d'amour
Passe dans l'air tiède,
Il monte de toutes les vallées
Un plus chaud parfum de violette.

Je voudrais inventer un chant
Comparable à cette soirée,
Et ne puis en trouver  le timbre,
Si obscur, doux et tendre.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im April", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-04
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