Debout ! il fait sombre

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by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Zum Rundetanz

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Auf! es dunkelt;
Silbern funkelt
Dort der Mond ob Tannenhöhn!
Auf! und tanzt in froher Runde; 
Diese Stunde
Dämmert unbewölkt und schön!

 ... 

Hüpft geschwinde
Um die Linde,
Die uns gelbe Blüten streut.
Laßt uns frohe Lieder singen,
Ketten schlingen,
Wo man traut die Hand sich beut.

Also schweben
Wir durchs Leben,
Leicht wie Rosenblätter, hin.
An den Jüngling, dunkelts bänger,
Schließt sich enger
Seine traute Nachbarin.

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

First published in a different version in Hamburger Musenalmanach 1789, see below.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied beim Rundetanz", written <<1786, first published 1789

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kom voor de rondedans", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael Berridge) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Debout ! il fait sombre

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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

Debout ! il fait sombre ; 
des étincelles d'argent sont lancées
Par la lune là au-dessus des hauteurs couvertes de sapins !
Debout ! et dansez une ronde joyeuse ;
Cette heure
Se lève sans nuage et magnifique !

 ... 

Sautillez 
autour du tilleul,
Qui disperse sur nous ses fleurs jaunes.
Chantons des chants joyeux,
Nouons des chaînes,
Là où on s'offre la main en confiance.

Ainsi flottons 
à travers la vie
Légers comme des pétales de roses.
Contre son ami, quand il devient sombre,
Que se presse plus près
Sa fidèle voisine.

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