Der Bäume Schatten | Der Bäume Schatten auf verhang'nem Strome

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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Reflet

(Sung text for setting by R. Philippart-Gonzalez)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER GER

L'ombre des arbres dans la rivière embrumée
  Meurt comme de la fumée,
Tandis qu'en l'air, parmi les ramures réelles,
  Se plaindre les tourterelles.

Combien, ô voyageur, ce paysage blême
  Te mira blême toi-même,
Et que tristes pleuraient dans les hautes feuillées, -
  Tes espérances noyées.

Composition:

Renée Philippart-Gonzalez

Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 9, first published 1872

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CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "The shadow of the trees in the misty river", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Bäume Schatten", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Stefan George) , no title, appears in Zeitgenössische Dichter, in Frankreich, in Paul Verlaine, in Aus: Lieder ohne Worte, in Vergessene Weisen, no. 9
GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Der Bäume Schatten

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Philippart-Gonzalez)

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

Der Bäume Schatten auf verhang'nem Strome
zerlöst sich, gleich einem Phantome,
indes erschallt durch Zweig und Laube
der Klageruf der Turteltaube.

Wie ward doch, Wandrer, dieses fahl' Gefilde
zu deinem bleichen Spiegelbilde,
wie trauerte in hohem Laubesdome
dein Hoffen selbst, im Tränenstrome.

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Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2011 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 9, first published 1872
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