Chanson | Mon sommeil est de plus en plus léger

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by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer,
Nur wie Schleier liegt mein Kummer
  Zitternd über mir.
Oft im Traume hör' ich dich
Rufen draus vor meiner Thür:
Niemand wacht und öffnet dir,
  Ich erwach' und weine bitterlich.

Ja ich werde sterben müssen,
Eine andre wirst du küssen,
  Wenn ich bleich und kalt.
Eh die Maienlüfte wehen,
Eh die Drossel singt im Wald:
Willst du mich noch einmal sehen,
  Komm, o komme bald!

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• J. Brahms • C. Orff • T. Röhmeyer • R. Steuer • L. Thuille

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Lingg, Fünfte vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1864, page 72. Note: modern German would change the following spelling: "Thür" -> "Tür".

Text Authorship:

by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Lied", first published 1857 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

Mon sommeil est de plus en plus léger,
Seul au-dessus de moi s'étend
   Le voile tremblant de mon inquiétude.
Dans mes rêves, je t'entends souvent 
Appeler dehors devant ma porte :
Personne n'est éveillé pour t'ouvrir,
   Alors je me réveille et pleure amèrement.

Oui, il me faudra mourir,
Tu en embrasseras un autre,
   Quand je serai blême et froid.
Avant que ne soufflent les brises de mai,
Avant que ne chante la grive dans la forêt :
Si tu veux encore une fois me voir,
   Viens, ô viens vite !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Lied", first published 1857
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