Au vent | Je partais en voyage pour un lointain pays

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Auf der Wanderschaft

(Sung text for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ich wandre fort in fernes Land,
Noch einmal blickt' ich um, bewegt
Und sah, wie sie den Mund geregt,
Und wie gewinket ihre Hand.

Wohl rief sie noch ein freundlich Wort
Mir nach auf meinen trüben Gang,
Doch hört' ich nicht den liebsten Klang,
Weil ihn der Wind getragen fort.

Daß ich mein Glück verlassen muß,
Du rauher, kalter Windeshauch,
Ist's nicht genug, daß du mir auch
Entreißest ihren letzten Gruß?

Composition:

Felix Mendelssohn

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An den Wind", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the wind", copyright © 2004
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au vent", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Au vent

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

See original

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

Je partais en voyage pour un lointain pays
Encore un fois je regardai en arrière, ému,
Et vis comme elle bougeait la bouche,
Et comme elle faisait signe de la main.

Elle cria bien encore un mot gentil
Vers moi, qui allait d'un morne pas,
Pourtant je n'entendis point ces paroles chéries,
Emportées qu'elles furent par le vent.

Alors que je dois abandonner mon bonheur,
Toi, rude et froid souffle du vent,
N'est-ce pas assez, que toi aussi
Tu arraches son dernier adieu?

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An den Wind", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge
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