by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Le Faune
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER HUN
Un vieux faune de terre cuite
Rit au centre des boulingrins,
Présageant sans doute une suite
Mauvaise à ces instants sereins

Qui m'ont conduit et t'ont conduite,
Mélancoliques pèlerins,
Jusqu'à cette heure dont la fuite
Tournoie au son des tambourins.

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, page 31.

Note: The ampersand (&) as appears in the first publication is changed to "et".


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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Na sošku fauna v parku"
  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "The faun", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Nita Cox) , "The dancing faun"
  • ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "The faun", written 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "The Faun", written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Faun", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "A faun", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 40

Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Alter Faun aus Terrakotta 
grinst inmitten grüner Wiesen,
schwarze Folgen prophezeiend
diesen goldnen Augenblicken.

Liebes Mädel, du und ich,
fastnachtfrohe ernste Wandrer 
sind wir, bis das Glück enttanzt 
bei dem Klang der Tamburinen.

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  • by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Der Faun"

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-08
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Word count: 33