Wenn sich der Lenz im Jahr einfindet

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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Villanelle

(Sung text for setting by P. Viardot)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRI GER GER ITA

Quand viendra la saison nouvelle,
Quand auront disparu les froids,
Tous les deux, nous irons, ma belle,
Pour cueillir le muguet au bois;
Sous nos pieds égrenant les perles
Que l'on voit, au matin trembler,
Nous irons écouter les merles 
     Siffler.

Le printemps est venu, ma belle;
C'est le mois des amants béni;
Et l'oiseau, satinant son aile,
Dit des vers au rebord du nid.
Ah !  viens donc sur ce banc de mousse
Pour parler de nos beaux amours,
Et dis-moi de ta voix si douce: 
    «Toujours !»

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Paul Viardot

Six mélodies, poésies de T. Gautier, M. Carré, Sully Prudhomme et M. Bouchor

Text Authorship:

by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Villanelle rythmique", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "Villanelle"
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Villanelle", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2015
FRI Frisian (Geart van der Meer) , "Villanelle", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Villanelle", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Contadinella", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Villanelle

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Viardot)

See original

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

Wenn sich der Lenz im Jahr einfindet,
und wenn gewichen ist der Frost,
dann gehn wir beide, meine Liebe,
Maiglöckchen pflücken, in den Wald.
Tau perlt und blitzt im Morgenlichte,
fällt unter unsern Schritten ab,
wir hören froh die Amseln singen
ihr Lied.

Uns ist der Frühling nun gekommen,
aller Liebenden holde Zeit;
der Vogel, seidigen Gefieders,
vom hohen Nest singt seine Weis’.
Wir finden dort im weichen Moose
unserer Liebe Seligkeit -
ach, sag mir sanft, dass du für immer
bist mein.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

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Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2018 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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