Chuchotements secrets ici et là | Et je crie dans le bois

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by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort

(Sung text for setting by C. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

 ... 

Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort,
Verborgnes Quellenrauschen --
O Wald, o Wald, geweihter Ort,
Laß mich des Lebens reinstes Wort,
in Zweig und Blatt belauschen!

Und schreit' ich in den Wald hinaus,
Da grüßen mich die Bäume.
Du liebes, freies Gotteshaus,
Du schließest mich mit Sturmgebraus
In deine kühlen Räume!

 ... 

Was leise mich umschwebt, umklingt, --
Ich will es treu bewahren,
Und was mir tief zum Herzen dringt,
Will ich, vom Geist der Lieb' beschwingt,
In Liedern offenbaren!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 3,1,4 of the original text.

Note: Clara Schumann switches the stanzas around; her setting begins "Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort".

Composition:

Clara Schumann

Sechs Lieder

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Waldeszauber", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Friedliche Stimmen, first published 1846

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

ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Soft, secret whispers here and there", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chuchotements secrets ici et là", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Chuchotements secrets ici et là

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Schumann)

See original

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

 ... 

Chuchotements secrets ici et là,
Murmures de sources cachées,
Ô forêt, ô forêt, lieu consacré,
Laisse-moi entendre le mot le plus pur de la vie
Dans la branche et la feuille !

Et je crie dans le bois
Où les arbres me saluent,
Chère et libre demeure de Dieu,
Tu m'embrasses avec une tempête rugissante,
Dans tes espaces frais !

 ... 

Ce qui flotte, résonne, doucement autour de moi, --
Je le préserverai fidèlement,
Et ce qui pénètre profondément dans mon cœur,
Transporté par l'esprit de l'amour, je le
Révélerai en chantant des chants.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 3,1,4 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of Clara Schumann's version.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Waldeszauber", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Friedliche Stimmen, first published 1846
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