Vesper | On entendait déjà les cloches du soir

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Vesper

(Sung text for setting by A. Thelen)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Die Abendglocken klangen
  Schon durch das stille Thal,
Da saßen wir zusammen
  Da droben wohl hundertmal.

Und unten war's so stille
  Im Lande weit und breit,
Nur über uns die Linde
  Rauscht' durch die Einsamkeit.

Was gehn die Glocken heute,
  Als ob ich weinen müßt'?
Die Glocken, die bedeuten
  Daß mein Lieb' gestorben ist!

Ich wollt', ich läg' begraben,
  Und über mir rauschte weit
Die Linde jeden Abend
  Von der alten, schönen Zeit!

Composition:

A. Thelen

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vesper", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Vesper", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 75

Vesper

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Thelen)

See original

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

On entendait déjà les cloches du soir
Dans la vallée silencieuse,
Nous nous étions assis ensemble
Bien cent fois, là-haut,

Et en-bas tout était silence
De par le pays tout entier,
Seul le tilleul au-dessus de nous
Bruissait dans la solitude.

Que me veulent les cloches aujourd'hui,
C'est comme si je devais pleurer ?
Les cloches veulent dire
Que mon amour est mort !

Je voudrais être enterré
Et que loin au-dessus de moi bruisse,
Chaque soir le tilleul
Des belles heures d'autrefois.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vesper", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer
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