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by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

The Hazel Wood
 (Sung text for setting by J. Edmunds)
 See original
Language: English 
Our translations:  CHI FRE GER
I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire aflame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called  ...  my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossoms in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
 ... 
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
First published in Sketch, August 1897, revised 1899, renamed "Song of Wandering Aengus"

Composition:

    Set to music by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "The Hazel Wood" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "A mad song"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Das Lied des Wandernden Aengus", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 167

Je suis allé au bois de noisetiers
 (Sung text translation for setting by J. Edmunds)
 See original
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Je suis allé au bois de noisetiers
Car j'avais un feu dans ma tête,
Et j'ai coupé et pelé une baguette,
Et accroché une baie à un fil ;
Et quand les blancs papillons prirent leur envol,
Et que les étoiles-papillons scintillaient,
Je plongeai la baie dans un ruisseau
Et attrapai une petite truite argentée.

Quand je l'eus posée sur le sol
Je me mis à attiser le feu,
Mais quelque chose palpita sur le sol
Et quelqu'un m'appela par mon nom :
Elle était devenue une fille nitescente
Avec une fleur de pommier dans les cheveux,
Elle m'appela par mon nom et partit en courant
Et disparut dans l'air s'éclairant.

Bien que je sois usé par les voyages
Sur des terres creuses et des terres vallonnées,
Je trouverai où elle est passée,
Et j'embrasserai ses lèvres et prendrai ses mains ;
Et marcherai dans de hautes herbes tachetées,
Et cueillerai jusqu'à la fin des temps et des temps
Les pommes d'argent de la lune,
Les pommes d'or du soleil.

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  • Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2015 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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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 167

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