Rain | Rain sinks down onto the city

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by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Regen

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

Our translations: ENG

Regen sinkt auf die Stadt,
und mein Herz steht in Tränen.
Ich weiß nicht, was es hat:
mein Herz ist voll Sehnen.

Das ruhige Regenklopfen
auf den Dächern und Gassen.
Leise trommeln die Tropfen:
Verlassen, verlassen!

Warum nur muss ich weinen?
Mein Herz ist am Verscheiden.
Warum? Ich weiss ja keinen
Grund, solchen Gram zu leiden!

O das ist bitt're Pein:
so sonder Lieb und Groll
unsäglich traurig sein,
das Herz von Tränen voll.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Marx

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Text Authorship:

by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Regen", appears in Nachdichtungen: Verlaine-Heredia, in Romances sans Paroles, Berlin: Oesterheld & Co., page 41, first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

Rain

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Rain sinks down onto the city,
and my heart stands tear-filled.
I know not what is bothering it:
my heart is full of longing.

The quiet knocking of the rain
on the roofs and streets-
Softly pound the drops:
Forsaken, forsaken!

Why must I weep?
My heart is about to die.
Why? I know of no
Reason for suffering such pain!

Oh, that is bitter pain:
So entirely without love and resentment
to be unfathomably sad,
the heart full of tears.

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• J. Marx

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Regen", appears in Nachdichtungen: Verlaine-Heredia, in Romances sans Paroles, Berlin: Oesterheld & Co., page 41, first published 1906
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general view

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 83