Randonnée | Le daphné fleurit dans la forêt

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Im Graben liegt noch Schnee;
Das du mir heut' geschrieben hast,
Das Brieflein tat mir weh.

Jetzt schneid' ich einen Stab im Holz;
Ich weiß ein ander Land,
Da sind die Jungfern nicht so stolz
Dem Lieben abgewandt.

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Kein Brieflein tut mir weh,
Und das du mir geschrieben hast,
Schwimmt draußen auf dem See, 
Schwimmt draußen auf dem Bodensee, 
Ja draußen auf dem See.

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• H. Brugk • F. Frommlet • W. Hess • O. Löffler • F. Steiner

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 143.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wanderschaft", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Randonnée

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

Le daphné fleurit dans la forêt,
La neige recouvre le fossé ;
Ce que tu m'as écrit aujourd'hui,
La petite lettre, m'a fait mal.

Je me taille maintenant un bâton de bois ;
Je connais un autre pays
où les filles ne sont pas si fières
pour décliner l'amour.

Le daphné fleurit dans la forêt,
Aucune petite lettre ne me fait mal,
Et celle que tu m'as écrite
Flotte au large, sur le lac,
Flotte au large sur le lac de Constance,
Oui, au large, sur le lac.

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