Dans la nuit de mai, chargée de nuages

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Maiennacht

(Sung text for setting by P. Wolfrum)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Durch die wolkige Maiennacht
Geht ein leises Schallen,
Wie im Wald die Tropfen sacht 
Von den Blätter fallen.

Welch' ein ahnungsvoller Duft
Weht aus allen Bäumen!
Dunkel webt es in der Luft
Wie von Zukunftsträumen.

Da im Hauch der auf mich sinkt,
Dehnt sich all' mein Wesen,
Und die müde Seele trinkt
Schauerndes Genesen:

Müde Seele, hoffe nur,
Morgen kommt die Sonne,
Und du blühst mit Wald und Flur
Hell in Frühlingswonne!

Composition:

Philip Wolfrum

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder aus alter und neuer Zeit, no. 1

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ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Nuit de mai

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Wolfrum)

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

Dans la nuit de mai, chargée de nuages,
S’élève un léger murmure,
Comme lorsque, dans la forêt, doucement,
Les gouttes glissent sur les feuilles.

Quel parfum chargé de mystère
S’exhale de chaque arbre !
L’air obscur tisse en silence
Des songes venus de l’avenir.

Et dans ce souffle qui descend sur moi,
Tout mon être s’agrandit,
Et mon âme lasse s’abreuve
D’un frisson de  guérison.

Âme fatiguée, garde espoir :
Demain le soleil renaîtra,
Et tu fleuriras avec forêts et prairies,
Dans la radieuse joie du printemps.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2026 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 Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder aus alter und neuer Zeit, no. 1
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