Bergère, hélas, nous t'avons

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Süßes Begräbniss

(Sung text for setting by C. Loewe)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Schäferin, ach wie haben
Sie dich so süß begraben!

Alle Lüfte haben gestöhnet,
Maienglocken zu Grab dir getönet,

Glühwurm wollte die Fackel tragen,
Stern ihm selbst es tät versagen.
Nacht ging schwarz in Trauerfloren,
Und all ihre Schatten gingen in Chören
Die Tränen wird dir das Morgenrot weinen,
Und den Segen die Sonn' aufs Grab dir scheinen.

Schäferin, ach, wie haben
Sie dich so süß begraben!

Composition:

Carl Loewe

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Süsses Begräbniss", appears in Jugendlieder

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ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) , "Sweet burial", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dolce sepoltura", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Lawrence Snyder

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 67

Bergère, hélas, nous t'avons

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Loewe)

See original

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

Bergère, hélas, nous t'avons
Si tendrement ensevelie.

Tous les vents ont gémi,
Les muguets ont tinté autour de ta tombe,

Le vers luisant voulait porter le flambeau,
L'étoile elle-même s'était récusée.
La nuit noire vint en deuil
Ainsi que le chœur de ses ombres,
La rouge aurore te pleurera de ses larmes
Et le soleil éclairera ta tombe de sa bénédiction.

Bergère, hélas, nous t'avons
Si tendrement ensevelie.

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Word count: 68