Ô joie, ô joie, de la montagne un chant

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by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

O Lust, o Lust

(Sung text for setting by C. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein Lied
In's Land hinab zu singen!
Der kleinste Ton hinunter zieht,
So wie auf Riesenschwingen!

Der stillste Hauch aus lauter Brust,
In Leid und Lust entrungen,
Er wird zum Klange, unbewußt
Für alle Welt gesungen.

Es schwingt sich erd- und himmelwärts
Der Seele klingend Sehnen,
Und fällt der ganzen Welt an's Herz --
Ob freudig, ob in Thränen.

Was still sonst nur die Brust durchzieht,
Fliegt aus auf lauten Schwingen, --
O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein Lied
In's Land hinab zu singen!

Confirmed with Jucunde von Hermann Rollett, Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1853, pages 31-32.

Composition:

Clara Schumann

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), no title, appears in Jucunde, first published 1853

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "O joy, o joy", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ô joie, ô joie, de la montagne un chant

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Schumann)

See original

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

Ô joie, ô joie, de la montagne un chant
À travers la terre est chanté jusqu'en bas !
Le plus petit son plonge vers le bas
Comme sur les ailes d'un aigle géant.

Le plus petit souffle d'une poitrine pure
Arraché dans la douleur et le plaisir,
Se change en son inconsciemment
En chant pour le monde entier.

Il plane au-dessus de la terre et dans le ciel
Cet esprit qui résonne et soupire,
Et émeut le monde entier dans le cœur --
Pour rire ou pour pleurer.

Ce qui d'habitude imprègne seulement le cœur
Vole au loin sur des ailes en résonnant,
Ô joie, ô joie, de la montagne un chant
À travers la terre est chanté jusqu'en bas !

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